News tagged with chemical warfare agents
Long-term effects of the Human Volunteer Programme at Porton Down
Mar 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford researchers have reported results from a study of death and cancer rates in military veterans who took part in the Ministry of Defence’s Human Volunteer Programme at Porton Down between ...
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Researcher working on destruction of chemical weapons
Sep 24, 2008 |
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America's war on terror includes fighting the dark side of deadly chemical agents, and Texas A&M University chemist Dr. Frank Raushel is helping with the fight by developing an enzyme that might neutralize one such chemical ...
Structure of enzyme against chemical warfare agents determined
Jan 28, 2009 |
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The enzyme DFPase from the squid Loligo vulgaris, is able to rapidly and efficiently detoxify chemical warfare agents such as Sarin, which was used in the Tokyo subway attacks in 1995.
Biosensor sniffs out explosives
May 08, 2007 |
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Temple University School of Medicine researchers have developed a new biosensor that sniffs out explosives and could one day be used to detect landmines and deadly agents, such as sarin gas, according to a ...
New defense for terrorism
Sep 04, 2005 |
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The recent terrorism attacks in London and Egypt underscore the need to protect the health and safety of our society. To thwart future attacks, Joe Wang, director of the Center for Biosensors and Bioelectronics at the Biodesign ...
Landfills, chemical weapon debris possibly a good match, computer model suggests
Jun 28, 2006 |
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Putting building debris contaminated by chemical weapons into municipal landfills likely would pose only a minimal risk to nearby communities and the surrounding environment, according to a study scheduled for publication ...
Researchers Make Chemical Warfare Protective Nanofibers out of Deck Sealer
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 28, 2006 |
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While cotton may be the fabric of our lives, Texas Tech University researchers may have discovered a polyurethane nanofiber technique that can save lives.
Credit-card-sized platform for volatile compound analysis CAREER project goal
Feb 18, 2008 |
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Developing a credit-card-sized gas chromatography platform that can analyze volatile compounds within seconds is the next step for Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Masoud Agah, who has received a National Science ...
Stuff of stink bombs investigated for role in pregnancy
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Leicester are investigating how the stuff of stink bombs and flatulence could play a critical role in the human reproductive system.
Next Generation Counterterrorism and Military Wipe Developed
Dec 08, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly-developed decontamination wipe designed by researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University has proven itself the best for cleaning up chemical warfare ...
Tiny motes sniff out chemical, biological threats
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research to develop a new method to detect biological and chemical threats may also lead to new approaches for removing pollutants from the environment.
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