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UrduScientists at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois have developed a hydrogel integrated with zirconium-based robust metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) that rapidly degrades organophosphate-based nerve agents used in chemical warfare. Unlike existing powdered MOF adsorbents, this hydrogel composite does not require added…
Tag: CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
New broadly applicable tool provides insight into fungicide resistance
Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs) are a class of fungicides widely used to control many fungal diseases of crops. The relationship between SDHIs and fungi can be compared to finding the right key for the right lock. However, fungi are adaptable…
How do immune cells get activated?
By studying the structure of cellular receptors and of the molecules that activate them, scientists at the universities of Geneva and Basel are deciphering the details of immune cell activation
Small streams in agricultural ecosystems are heavily polluted with pesticides
The environmental risks of pesticides need to be revised
New edition provides updates on fungicides used to control turfgrass diseases
A Practical Guide to Turfgrass Fungicides , Second Edition, is a current, comprehensive, and hands-on resource focused specifically on the fungicides used for disease control on turfgrass. Author Richard Latin developed this user-friendly guide based on his belief that if…
Cell study suggests pesticide exposure may increase COVID-19 susceptibility
Inflammation-induced mechanism might be linked with higher infection risk for veterans and people with metabolic disorders
The fate of the planet
Unconventional takes on pandemics and nuclear defense could protect humanity from catastrophic failure
Making plastics production more energy efficient
New approach to chemical catalysis results in higher yields of propylene using less energy
Organic crystals’ ice-forming superpowers
At the heart of clouds are ice crystals. And at the heart of ice crystals, often, are aerosol particles – dust in the atmosphere onto which ice can form more easily than in the open air. It’s a bit mysterious…
‘Handy pen’ lights up when exposed to nerve gas or spoiled food vapors
Exposure to some odorless, colorless and tasteless gases, such as nerve agents, can be toxic or even lethal. And having the ability to detect other types of vapors could save people from eating spoiled or rotten food. Easy-to-use portable devices…
Songbirds exposed to lead-contaminated water show telltale signs about human impacts
Humans, wildlife, and the environment are all interconnected and play a role in one another’s health and well-being. Sentinel species, such as birds, are good indicators of environmental health, and they can send subtle warning signs that humans may be…
Experts ‘scan horizon’ to help prepare governments for next major biosecurity threat
During the summer of 2019, a global team of experts put their heads together to define the key questions facing the UK government when it comes to biological security. Facilitated by the Centre for Existential Risk (CSER) at the University…
New center for nuclear disarmament for Uppsala University
Swedish Government’s assigned today
New semiconductor detector shows promise for medical diagnostics and homeland security
Detector can identify radioactive isotopes with high resolution
Sorting out viruses with machine learning
The ongoing global pandemic has created an urgent need for rapid tests that can diagnose the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19, and distinguish it from other respiratory viruses.
Sorting out viruses with machine learning
Scientists at Osaka University develop a label-free method for identifying respiratory viruses based on changes in electrical current when they pass through silicon nanopores, which may lead to new rapid COVID-19 tests
Disease ecologist awarded $3 million DTRA grant to combat brucellosis
Team to train brucellosis researchers on latest techniques in microbiological and epidemiological research, biosafety and genomic analyzes
Why is fertilizer used in explosives? (video)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2020 — Over the last century, the compound ammonium nitrate has been involved in at least 30 disasters and terrorist attacks. Under normal circumstances, it’s totally harmless and used in things like fertilizer, so what makes ammonium…
New PETA Grant Honors EPA Administrator
Wheeler Scholarship Will Help Scientists Develop Non-Animal Test Methods
Army senior scientist earns Teddy Award
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – A U.S. Army senior scientist earned a 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership Award in the Defenders category. Dr. Stephen Lee, a senior scientist in interdisciplinary research at Army Research Office, an element of U.S. Army…
Cement, salt and water: From Politecnico di Torino a new material toward green heat
A study carried out from the Turin university in collaboration with the Advanced Energy Technology Institute CNR-ITAE and published on the journal Scientific Reports, suggest a low cost technology to store heat during the summer and use during the winter
The Marangoni Effect can be used to obtain freshwater from the sea
A study conducted at the Politecnico di Torino, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, presents a solar desalination device capable of spontaneously removing th
Leopoldina president Gerald Haug congratulates Emmanuelle Charpentier on the Nobel Prize
Leopoldina member Charpentier is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a genome editing method
NTU Singapore scientists devise ‘Trojan horse’ approach to kill cancer cells without using drugs
Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumour growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a nanoparticle into a ‘Trojan horse’ that causes cancer cells to self-destruct, a research team at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore…
Army fields new chemical detection technology
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Chemical weapons pose a serious threat to civilian and warfighter lives, but technology from the U.S. Army Small Business Technology Transfer program reduces those risks. Researchers developed a product to detect chemical weapons accurately at…
A colorful detector
Scientists at the University of Tsukuba unveil a new crystalline material that reversibly changes color from yellow to red when absorbing water, paving the way for chemically sensitive detectors that can work without electricity
Investigation of core-shell nanocatalyst AU@CDs for ammonia synthesis
In a paper published in NANO, a team of researchers from Xinjiang University, China have prepared Au@CDs photocatalyst with core-shell structure by combining coal-based carbon dots (CDs) with gold sol. With its high photocatalytic activity in the synthesis and visible-light…
Scientist to resurrect water fleas from U.S. nuclear fallout zone
UTA examining evolutionary effects of nuclear testing on preserved water flea eggs
Are cover crops negatively impacting row crops?
Winter cover crops benefit soil health and can suppress weeds in subsequent row crops but may also lead to lower yields. Some farmers and agronomists speculate that allelopathic chemicals released by cover crops may be the cause for some of…
SwRI receives $1.3 million to build robotic inspection system for nuclear waste storage tanks
Engineers will build guided wave robot to help ensure continued safe storage of nuclear waste
SwRI receives $1.3 million to build robotic inspection system for nuclear waste storage tanks
Engineers will build guided wave robot to help ensure continued safe storage of nuclear waste
Volcanic glass spray shows promise in controlling mosquitoes
An indoor residual spray made by combining a type of volcanic glass with water showed effective control of mosquitoes that carry malaria, according to a new study. The findings could be useful in reducing disease-carrying mosquito populations – and the…
New smart fabrics from bioactive inks monitor body and environment by changing color
Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body
New marine molecules with therapy potential against Alzheimer’s disease
A promising but delicate therapeutic target
New marine molecules with therapy potential against Alzheimer’s disease
A promising but delicate therapeutic target
CSIC researchers use whole living cells as ‘templates’ to seek for bioactive molecules
Lung cancer cells were used to design a methodology that could help in the future to differentiate healthy versus cancerous cells
CSIC researchers use whole living cells as ‘templates’ to seek for bioactive molecules
Lung cancer cells were used to design a methodology that could help in the future to differentiate healthy versus cancerous cells
Female Gulf War combat veterans have persistent symptoms more than 25 years later
AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 25, 2020) – More than a quarter century after the Gulf War, female veterans who saw combat have nearly a twofold risk of reporting more than 20 total medical symptoms, like cognition and respiratory troubles, than their…
Female Gulf War combat veterans have persistent symptoms more than 25 years later
AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 25, 2020) – More than a quarter century after the Gulf War, female veterans who saw combat have nearly a twofold risk of reporting more than 20 total medical symptoms, like cognition and respiratory troubles, than their…
Asymmetric iodoesterification of simple alkenes by concerto catalyst
Japanese researchers have succeeded in catalytic asymmetric iodoesterification from simple alkene substrates and carboxylic acids. Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition on April 27, this new research, was accomplished by precisely controlling multiple interactions in a single catalytic reaction. This…
Asymmetric iodoesterification of simple alkenes by concerto catalyst
Japanese researchers have succeeded in catalytic asymmetric iodoesterification from simple alkene substrates and carboxylic acids. Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition on April 27, this new research, was accomplished by precisely controlling multiple interactions in a single catalytic reaction. This…
Dartmouth’s Katherine Mirica wins National Teacher-Scholar Honor
Award recognizes work in the classroom and laboratory
Dartmouth’s Katherine Mirica wins National Teacher-Scholar Honor
Award recognizes work in the classroom and laboratory
Development of new photovoltaic commercialization technology
The cause for efficiency degradation in an actual operating environment has been identified, with proposal of material processing method for improving performance stability
Rethinking biosecurity governance
We must rethink and test assumptions about relationships between biological research, security, and society to plan for biosecurity threats
UAB will test a COVID-19 vaccine candidate created by Altimmune Inc.
The testing at UAB will investigate immune responses to the vaccine in mice — an important step before any Phase 1 human safety trial in patients later this year.
Is the coronavirus outbreak of unnatural origins?
New study outlines tool that can assess the chance a disease outbreak is of unnatural origins
New state-of-the-MOF materials
Converting crystalline metal-organic frameworks into glass or liquid could give them unique properties and lead to the design of new materials
SwRI leads $18 million DOD project to develop tularemia ‘rabbit fever’ vaccine for military
SwRI collaborating with UTSA, Lovelace on drug development for intradermal delivery
San Antonio researchers win $18 million contract to develop tularemia vaccine
Vaccine would be the first to protect against tularemia in the United States