The concept of using biological agents in warfare is not new. There are many examples throughout ... New high-risk pathogens may be added to the list as they are discovered. It is also possible that ...

Advances in biological research likely will permit development of a new class of advanced biological warfare (ABW) agents engineered to elicit novel effects. In addition, biotechnology will have ...

William C. Patrick III spent over three decades at Fort Detrick, Maryland, the U.S. Army's base for biological weapons research. From 1951 to 1969, he developed germ agents for warfare.

There are two sets of regulations for export restricted biological items, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) from Dept. of State and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) from ...

Chemical and biological warfare isn't new. Even in ancient times, war wasn't all swords and longbows. Some examples: Unrestricted use of chemical agents caused 1 million of the 26 million ...

The much more apparent horrors of chemical warfare led, in 1925, to the Geneva Protocol. It prohibits the use of chemical and biological agents, but not research and development of these agents.

And it tests some of the deadliest chemical, biological, radiological ... The fleas weren't infected with any type of disease or agent, but experimenters were working with thousands of them.

Agentic AI has the potential to reshape not just healthcare, but the very foundations of biological research. By allowing ...

The Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) M4A1 is a pocket-size, rugged, handheld detector that automatically detects, identifies, and alarms to chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial ...

Irish photographer Dara McGrath documents British landscapes associated with chemical and biological warfare. His work, Project Cleansweep, takes its name from a 2011 Ministry of Defence report on ...

This early biological warfare is recorded in “Sverris Saga,” a contemporaneous biography of the king, who reigned over much of Norway from 1184 to 1202. Scholars have long debated the ...

Development of advanced biological warfare agents and genetically modified ... and acquisition of organisms on the CDC select agent list will become less effective. Currently, biodefense is ...