News tagged with biological warfare agent

Scientists solve ricin riddle using new technology

A protein that controls how the deadly plant poison and bioweapon ricin kills has finally been identified by a team of Austrian researchers in a new study. With a combination of stem cell biology and modern ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NRL scientists elevate warfighter readiness against invisible threats

In asymmetric warfare, early detection and identification of trace level chemical and biological agents and explosive compounds is critical to rapid reaction, response, and survivability. While there are many ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers to develop novel drug detection technology using software that acts like a robotic scientist

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every time a person snorts cocaine, it doesn’t just go to his or her head: It also provokes a response in the immune system, creating special biomolecules that may serve as a permanent record of each exposure.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

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Nuisance seaweed found to produce compounds with biomedical potential

A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Comparing apples and oranges

Every year, U.S. supermarkets lose roughly 10 percent of their fruits and vegetables to spoilage, according to the Department of Agriculture. To help combat those losses, MIT chemistry professor Timothy Swager and his students ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers demonstrate versatility of solid-state protein sensor

A novel type of sensor, based on nanometer-scale pores in a semiconductor membrane, is a step closer to practical use in applications such as analyzing the protein contents of a single cell. Researchers pioneering ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Decade-long study reveals recurring patterns of viruses in the open ocean

Viruses fill the ocean and have a significant effect on ocean biology, specifically marine microbiology, according to a professor of biology at UC Santa Barbara and his collaborators.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sugars can do it too: Protein-like oligomerization of carbohydrates

(PhysOrg.com) -- In order for enzymes and other proteins in our bodies to work correctly, it is often necessary for multiple protein units to gather together into a larger structure. Chains of sugar molecules ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inspired by teflon, researchers create super durable proteins

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 50 years ago, NYU-Poly alumni John Gilbert was asked to evaluate a newly- developed material called Teflon. His experiments using the fluorinated polymer as a surface coating for ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

OSU chemist developing solution to nerve agent exposure

Scientists are working to develop a new drug that will regenerate a critical enzyme in the human body that "ages" after a person is exposed to deadly chemical warfare agents.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Silk moth's antenna inspires new nanotech tool with applications in Alzheimer's research

By mimicking the structure of the silk moth's antenna, University of Michigan researchers led the development of a better nanopore---a tiny tunnel-shaped tool that could advance understanding of a class of ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Swimming microbes monitor water quality

Miners used to rely on canaries to alert them to dangerous build-ups of gases. Now much smaller animals -- the smallest of all -- can warn of toxins in water supplies.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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