News tagged with weapons
Clarity needed on use of chemical weapons, says UK report
A report examining the role of neuroscience research in military and civilian law enforcement contexts, led by a Queen Mary, University of London academic, has called on the government to provide clarity on the use of chemical ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Researchers seek high-pressure materials without high-pressure processes
Military missions place tremendous stress on the materials used for defense weapons, vehicles and other applications. As a result, the search for stronger, lighter and more resilient materials is never ending. Some materials ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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The nuclear, biological and climate threat - 2011 reviewed
In this special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, experts reflect on 2011 and highlight what to look out for in 2012 in the areas of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, biosecurity, and climat ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Japan developing cyber weapon: report
Japan has been developing a virus that could track down the source of a cyber attack and neutralise its programme, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday.
Jan 01, 2012 |
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WHO: Bird flu research raises safety questions
(AP) -- The World Health Organization is warning that dangerous scientific information could fall into the wrong hands after U.S. government-funded researchers engineered a form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus more easily ...
Dec 30, 2011 |
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Kaspersky team reveals Stuxnet family of weapons
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Stuxnet cyber weapon that was designed to cripple control systems in Iran’s nuclear plant was just one of five weapons engineered in the same lab, and three have not been released yet. That is the ...
Dec 29, 2011 |
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State Department reports progress on bioweapons control
Progress has been made in protecting against the threat of biological weapons, the State Department said Friday at the end of global talks which agreed to boost moves to thwart their spread.
Dec 23, 2011 |
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New generation GPS satellite starts tests in Colo.
A $5.5 billion upgrade to the Global Positioning System moved a step closer to launch this week when a prototype arrived at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado to begin months of tests.
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Bigger, scarier weapons help spiders get the girl (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you're a red-headed guy with eight bulging eyes and a unibrow, size does indeed matter for getting the girl.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Pharmacists crucial in plan for terrorist chemical weapons
Terrorist attacks with chemical weapons are a real possibility, according to a study that appears in the online open access journal, Journal of Pharmacy Practice, published by SAGE. Thanks to their extensive knowledge of tox ...
Dec 10, 2011 |
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Clinton warns of bioweapon threat from gene tech
(AP) -- New gene assembly technology that offers great benefits for scientific research could also be used by terrorists to create biological weapons, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Ex-US general warns of growing cyber threat
A US adversary would currently be unable to bring down the entire US electrical grid using cyber weapons but such a scenario is conceivable within two to five years, the former vice chairman of the Joint ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Israeli public supports middle east nuclear free zone: UMD poll
Nearly two-thirds of Israeli Jews, 64 percent, favor establishing a nuclear free zone in the Middle East - even when it was spelled out that this would mean both Israel and Iran would have to forego nuclear weapons - finds ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Guided rockets hit fast-moving boat targets in test
A weapon prototype developed by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) successfully hit two high-speed boat targets during recent testing in Point Mugu, Calif.
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Cyber weaknesses should deter US from waging war
(AP) -- America's critical computer networks are so vulnerable to attack that it should deter U.S. leaders from going to war with other nations, a former top U.S. cybersecurity official said Monday.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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