Chemical/Biological Weapons

Study finds the materials -- glass, ceramics and stainless steel -- interact to accelerate corrosion COLUMBUS, Ohio - The materials the United States and other countries plan to use to store high-level nuclear waste will likely degrade…

Researchers demonstrate first stable semiconductor neutron detectorCredit: Northwestern University/Argonne National Laboratory EVANSTON, Ill. -- Homeland Security might soon have a new tool to add to its arsenal. Researchers…

The University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Windgap Medical have received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new device to quickly administer a recently developed antidote for cyanide poisoning.…

Chemists have found a new use for the waste product of nuclear power Chemists have found a new use for the waste product of nuclear power - transforming an unused stockpile into a versatile compound which could be used to create valuable…

Metal-organic framework-based composites don't need liquid water to workCredit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Northwestern University scientists have successfully combined a nanomaterial effective at destroying toxic nerve…

Parasites in the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria, are transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes. The parasites manage to acclimatize to these two completely different hosts because the plasticity of their genome…

Credit: University of New Mexico According to a new study led by a team from The University of New Mexico, centuries-old laws about the behavior of gas mixtures do not apply in the presence of shock waves. This finding could have…

Puppers are the bestCredit: Rey Ramon/Army A U.S. Army researcher has scored a patent for inventing a new tool for training dogs to detect chemical compounds. Tom Hughes, a chemist with the Army's Chemical Biological Center, is…

Calculations by UC Riverside's Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid heliumCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has performed…

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 18, 2019--A scientific team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University has made the first experimental observation of a material phase that had been predicted but never…