News tagged with biological weapons

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

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

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.

Biology / Other

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

US team tours Africa to boost bioterror safety

(AP) -- U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar peered over the 4-foot cement wall and thin strands of barbed wire that separated the deadly pathogens in Kenya's top research lab from the thousands of homes with rusted tin ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NIST researchers 'all aglow' over new test of toxin strength

A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assay using a “glow or no glow” technique may soon help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defend the nation against a spectrum of biological ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1