The researchers' concern, expressed in Science magazine, is that the insects could become "a new class of biological weapon" and violate an international treaty against them.

The U.S. government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been accused of trying to create a new class of biological weapons that would be delivered via virus-infected insects.

The US House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into whether the Department of Defense experimented with ticks and other insects as biological weapons.. In an amendment passed last ...

Insects, one of the oldest biological weapons, could be a simple and cheap way for terrorists to inflict major damage on the U.S., writes Jeffrey A. Lockwood in the Boston Globe. Armies have long ...

Insects could be turned into “a new class of biological weapon” using new US military plans, experts have warned. The Insect Allies programme aims to use bugs to disperse genetically modified ...

Genetic manipulation can be a force for good, but some voices raise concerns. Not about the unintended consequences, but about their possible, darker uses, as weapons. Among the apocryphal quotes is ...

EXCLUSIVE: INSECTS carrying genetically modified viruses could be turned into a 'new class of biological weapon' according to some fears - but the bug army is actually being created to save farms ...

The insect world is full of species of parasitic wasps that spend their infancy eating other insects alive. ... disease-causing viruses and turned them into biological weapons.

Biological weapons can include harmful viruses, bacteria, fungi, or insects. Their use in war or other conflicts is illegal and for good reason. They can absolutely devastate civilian populations ...

The insect world is full of species of parasitic wasps that spend their infancy eating other insects alive. ... disease-causing viruses and turned them into biological weapons.

Some insects have transformed wild viruses into tiny biological weapons. Nala Rogers, Knowable Magazine – May 10, 2024 9:52 am | 52 Xorides praecatorius is a parasitoid wasp.

Applications of her dragonfly research might extend beyond weapon interception — to self-driving cars, for instance, which could potentially use her algorithms to avoid collisions. To study ...