News tagged with weapon
Nuclear weapons: Predicting the unthinkable
Nov 22, 2009 |
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If a nuclear weapon were detonated in a metropolitan area, how large would the affected area be? Where should first responders first go? According to physicist Fernando Grinstein, we have some initial understanding to address ...
Despite claims, U.K. did not gas Iraqis in the 1920s, scholar says
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It has passed as fact among historians, journalists and politicians, and has been recounted everywhere from tourist guidebooks to the floor of the U.S. Congress: British forces used chemical weapons on Iraqis ...
Wasteland and wilderness
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard science historian and physicist Peter Galison is using part of his Radcliffe year to explore the intersections of forbidden wilderness and nuclear wasteland.
In amoeba world, cheating doesn't pay
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cheaters may prosper in the short term, but over time they seem doomed to fail, at least in the microscopic world of amoebas where natural selection favors the noble.
Taser unveils multi-shot stun gun
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Manufacturers of the Taser stun gun on Monday unveiled a new handheld weapon on Monday which is capable of shocking three people without having to reload.
Prehistoric Cold Case Hints of Interspecies Homicide
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The wound that ultimately killed a Neandertal man between 50,000 and 75,000 years was most likely caused by a thrown spear, the kind modern humans used but Neandertals did not, according to ...
Robotic ferret will detect hidden drugs and weapons
Jun 12, 2009 |
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A new type of robot being developed will make it easier to detect drugs, weapons, explosives and illegal immigrants concealed in cargo containers.
Research puts police gun detectors a step closer
Jun 09, 2009 |
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The new technology - being designed by Newcastle, Manchester Metropolitan and Queen Mary universities - uses electro magnetic waves in order to pick up 'reflections' from concealed guns, gun barrels or knives without the ...
NYPD looking at futuristic weapons technology
Jun 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The New York Police Department is looking into adapting futuristic technology that would allow officers' guns to recognize one another in an effort to avoid the type of friendly fire incident that left a cop dead ...
Huge computer worm Conficker stirring to life
Apr 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The dreaded Conficker computer worm is stirring. Security experts say the worm's authors appear to be trying to build a big moneymaker, but not a cyber weapon of mass destruction as many people feared.
Francisella tularensis: Stopping a biological weapon
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Jul 28, 2008 |
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Scientists hope a vaccine is on the horizon for tularemia, a fatal disease caused by the pathogen Francisella tularensis, an organism of concern as a potential biological warfare agent. Until recently we knew very little ...
