A project by a research agency of the US Department of Defense could easily be misused for developing biological weapons, according to researchers.

A project by a research agency of the US Department of Defense could easily be misused for developing biological weapons.

Was the Nazi SS studying insects with the intent of launching a bug-based attack? Scholars have known for decades the feared SS (Schutzstaffel or "protection squadron") in Nazi Germany had ...

Entomological warfare eventually fell out of fashion. Under the Biological Weapons Convention, signed in 1972, the U.S. is prohibited from developing those kinds of offensive weapons.

Scientists in China are turning nectar-sucking bees into modern warfare cyborgs by inserting small controllers into their ...

The March 28 Style article “Can insects truly be weapons, as on ‘The Americans’?” was mistaken in virtually every statement it made regarding biological weapons. Cuba was definitely a ...

He explores the horrific programs of insect warfare during World War II: airplanes dropping plague-infested fleas, facilities rearing tens of millions of hungry beetles to destroy crops, and prison ...

Insect genome offers insights into rare biological conditions, agricultural biosecurity Low-cost sequencing technology opens mitochondrial DNA data flood Date: December 9, 2024 Source: Purdue ...

Object Details Author Rechcigl, Jack E Rechcigl, Nancy A Contents Parasitoids and predators / David B. Off and Charles P.-C. Suh -- Microbial insecticides / J. Lindsey Flexner and Diane L. Belnavis -- ...

The use of radiation can help in the regulation or management of pests — known as pest control — effectively preventing insect-related risks to human and animal health, the ecosystems and food ...

The Insect Allies Program could be seen to violate the Biological Weapons Convention, if the motivations presented by DARPA are not plausible. This is particularly true considering that this kind of ...

Was the Nazi SS studying insects with the intent of launching a bug-based attack? Scholars have known for decades the feared SS (Schutzstaffel or "protection squadron") in Nazi Germany had established ...