Chemical/Biological Weapons

The testing at UAB will investigate immune responses to the vaccine in mice -- an important step before any Phase 1 human safety trial in patients later this year.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at…

New study outlines tool that can assess the chance a disease outbreak is of unnatural origins Did coronavirus mutate from a virus already prevalent in humans or animals or did it originate in a laboratory? As scientists grapple with…

Credit: © M. Martschini, University of Vienna Uranium is not always the same: depending on whether this chemical element is released by the civil nuclear industry or as fallout from nuclear weapon tests, the ratio of the two…

Credit: Andrey Kovalevsky/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Biochemistry - Chasing the antidote In the most comprehensive, structure-based approach to date, a team of scientists may have discovered a new family of…

Converting crystalline metal-organic frameworks into glass or liquid could give them unique properties and lead to the design of new materialsCredit: Illustration by Mindy Takamiya (CC BY 4.0) Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are…

Safe and environmentally-friendly hydrogen gas on demand could be on the horizon following a new "hydrogenation" chemical process in development at The City College of New York. Led by Mahesh K. Lakshman, the research uniquely bypasses…

Vaccine would be the first to protect against tularemia in the United StatesCredit: The University of Texas at San Antonio FEBRUARY 10, 2020 — Southwest Research Institute, The University of Texas at San Antonio and Lovelace Respiratory…

SwRI collaborating with UTSA, Lovelace on drug development for intradermal delivery SAN ANTONIO -- Feb. 10, 2020 -- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and Lovelace Respiratory Research…

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…

Ben-Gurion University team wins gold medal for research at 2019 iGem CompetitionCredit: Ben-Gurion University/IGem BEER-SHEVA, Israel...November 14, 2019 - A team of undergraduate student researchers at Ben-Gurion University of…

Credit: Dept. of Homeland Security AIKEN, S.C. (Nov. 1, 2019) - After years of development and testing, a radiation detection system developed by the Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory is now in full-scale operation…