New center for nuclear disarmament for Uppsala University
Swedish Government's assigned todayCredit: Mikael Wallerstedt Today, the Swedish Government decided to assign to Uppsala University the task of setting ...
Tag: Chemical/Biological Weapons
Microfluidic system with cell-separating powers may unravel how novel pathogens attack
The system developed by Texas A&M researchers can separate different cell types within microdroplets.Credit: Dr. Arum Han/Texas A&M University College ...
Sorting out viruses with machine learning
Scientists at Osaka University develop a label-free method for identifying respiratory viruses based on changes in electrical current when they ...
Difficult to build a family after exposure to chemical weapons
Credit: Photo by Siri Sjolin People who have been exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) feel uncertain, decades after the ...
New PETA grant honors EPA administrator
Wheeler Scholarship will help scientists develop non-animal test methodsCredit: PETA Washington -- For preventing countless animals from being used in ...
Why is fertilizer used in explosives? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2020 -- Over the last century, the compound ammonium nitrate has been ...
Army senior scientist earns Teddy Award
Credit: U.S. Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - A U.S. Army senior scientist earned a 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership ...
NTU Singapore scientists devise ‘Trojan horse’ approach to kill cancer cells without using drugs
Credit: NTU Singapore Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumour growth reduced in mice, using a new approach ...
Army fields new chemical detection technology
Credit: U.S. Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Chemical weapons pose a serious threat to civilian and warfighter lives, but ...
Investigation of core-shell nanocatalyst [email protected] for ammonia synthesis
Credit: Author In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Xinjiang University, China have prepared [email protected] photocatalyst ...
Scientist to resurrect water fleas from U.S. nuclear fallout zone
UTA examining evolutionary effects of nuclear testing on preserved water flea eggsCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington A researcher ...
Are cover crops negatively impacting row crops?
Credit: Katja Koehler-Cole Winter cover crops benefit soil health and can suppress weeds in subsequent row crops but may also ...
UArizona aims to provide rapid tests for those exposed to biothreats, such as COVID-19
Backed by a US Department of Defense contract for up to $9.5 million, the University of Arizona College of Medicine ...
For cleaner air, water, and soil
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski The air around us is still getting more and more polluted. No wonder many scientists ...