INEEL-designed system assists army with chemical weapon destruction
...sists the Army with the assessment of the chemical warfare materiel, some of which dates back to World War I. The Munitions Assessment System is designed to process drums containing multiple chemical munitions. A drum is delivered to the unpack/repackage room via an inlet airlock. Once inside, technicians in...Growth in the sea comes down to a struggle for iron
...wer could be that iron sets off a kind of chemical warfare in the marine ecosystem, according to University o...o unlock it, says Wells. "It's basically chemical warfare by the bacteria in soils, trying to get the iron. They specifically target iron with these molecules...$3.5 million for computer simulation of molecules
...n of new sensors to detect chemical and biological warfare agents, and new fuels for rocket propulsion, he sa...detection (for example, of chemical and biological warfare agents)," Voth says. "They see computer simulation as being a logical, efficient and cost-saving bas...NJIT researcher creates opportunities for studying chiral ionic liquids
..., are also key ingredients of less benign chemical warfare agents. Malhotra is quick to emphasize how ionic liquids can open new paths to better health. "They may also offer greater security against chemical attacks," he added....Could microbes solve Russia's chemical weapons conundrum?
...a houses the world's largest stockpile of chemical warfare agents (CWAs). The country faces a race against time to dispose of the stockpile by 2007, in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). This disposal must be achieved in an ecologically-sound manner. Dr. Inna Ermakova and colleagues from ...Breath may help diagnose infection
...n rapidly after potential exposure to a biological warfare agent. They report their findings today at the 2005 ASM Biodefense Research Meeting. "We want to have a tool that can help in the emergency room or first responders to triage on site so that people who are infected can get treatment first," says Joa...PNAS highlights for the week of April 18 - 22
...part of a major class of insecticides and chemical warfare agents. Nonnative Vertebrates Are Successful Invaders Although only a small proportion of North American and European animal species have been introduced to foreign lands, a relatively large percentage of these have become successful invaders. Re...Comprehensive biodefense text published
...ent of diagnostic tests for identifying biological warfare pathogens. Intended for researchers, physicians, and policy makers, Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Disease and Counterbioterrorism offers a detailed look at the ongoing efforts to detect and identify these disease-causing agents, including p...Masters' students in pharmacology do exciting research testing equipment and purifying DNA
... diagnostics, environmental testing and biological warfare detection," Karwa added. Bai's work showed that there could be problems with USP's testing apparatus. He examined the equipment to measure the dissolution rate of solid dosage forms of drugs. In addition to being a regulatory requirement, in vitr...Biological warfare, mad cow disease on UH student's hit list
... significant," Shah said. "If there is biological warfare somewhere, and you put this chip into that environment, you would know exactly what is in that environment, and safety precautions could be taken. That's the ultimate achievement that every scientist working in protein chips dreams about." Biosens...'Biosensor' screens Air Force personnel and equipment
...el to rapidly determine the presence of biological warfare agents in a combatenvironment," said Dr. Richard Stotts, counterproliferation branch chief within the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate. "The device is compact, quickly identifies agents, can be used repeatedly and requi...New analytical tool helps detect cancer
...as well as in environmental monitoring, biological warfare detection, drug discovery, and more. "This method is hyperselective and we can design it to target specific analytes for separation," said Ryszard Jankowiak, an Ames Lab senior scientist. "Running multiple electric field gradients can focus and move ...Green catalyst destroys pesticides and munitions toxins, finds Carnegie Mellon University
...hown promise in killing a simulant of a biological warfare agent (anthrax), reducing fuel pollutants, treating pulp and paper processing byproducts, and detoxifying pesticides. A major goal is to develop Fe-TAMLs as a safe, cost-effective means of global water decontamination. Collins and other members of ...Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... humans and pose high risk as potential biological warfare agents. In the study canned tomatoes, sweet corn, green beans, mushrooms and tuna were spiked with both toxins and left at room temperature for two hours. Researchers used the Naval Research Laboratory array biosensor to detect for the presence of ...Hanging baskets of sex and death help fruit growers
...Normally Growers wishing to use this form of virus warfare have to spray almost every element of an orchard to ensure the moths come into contact with virus. This is wasteful both of time and resources. By this method the moth themselves spread the virus in a very targeted way to other moths and prevents los...Fast, accurate detection of explosives on airport luggage possible
...s - such as those found in biological and chemical warfare agents, as well as several common explosives - within a few seconds. The researchers' method uses a tool common in many chemistry and biology labs called a mass spectrometer that has been modified to analyze samples directly from the environment rath...War on terror meets war on cancer
...rugs, explosives, counterfeit bills and biological warfare agents may have some new uses: detecting rapidly growing cancers and studying obesity and eating disorders. The method, known as "stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry," can determine where a substance was produced by "weighing" various forms or i...Gene-specific Ebola therapies protect non-human primates from lethal disease
... health threat and a potential agent of biological warfare or terrorism. Currently there are no available vaccines or therapies. "One advantage of this strategy is that it directly targets the virus," said the paper's first author, Kelly L. Warfield. "With Ebola infection, the virus grows so fast that it o...Chemical warfare agent detection technology used to treat lung disease
...sed on the same technology used to detect chemical warfare agents and explosives is being employed by scientists at The University of Manchester to treat hospital patients with lung disease. Dr Paul Thomas and a team of researchers are using a sensor, commonly used to detect explosives at airports, to develo......num neurotoxin A - a potential agent of biological warfare and one of the most lethal toxins known to man - is able to sneak into cells. The finding is crucial for the development of new treatments against botulism, a paralytic illness caused by the toxin more commonly known as botox. As small amounts of bo...