AI is changing a lot of things quickly, but one unexpected consequence is the complicated process of creating a bioweapon is ...

Environmental detection of biological agents in real time is a difficult process. Not only are there a large number of different possible biological agents to detect, but many of them are similar to ...

A new CABI-led study has analyzed gender differences in the uptake of the biological control agent Trichogramma chilonis to control the pest Helicoverpa armigera on tomato crops in Pakistan. The ...

Recent events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of chemical weapons in the Syria conflict have provided a stark reminder of the plethora of chemical and biological threats that soldiers, ...

Do countries still need to worry about threats from biological weapons? The COVID-19 pandemic has led to renewed discussion of biological weapons and whether bad actors — both nations and terrorists — ...

A prototype biological agent detector is undergoing a Live Agent Aerosol Test at the Biological Testing Division, a tenant unit at Dugway Proving Ground. This marks the first live bio agent testing at ...

Using biological agents as weapons is illegal, but an organism that scientists lawfully use for genuine research could be repurposed for an attack. Therefore, what is banned depends on what an actor ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Biological weapons are weapons of mass destruction (or mass casualty weapons, to be ...

The revolution in the life sciences and associated technologies continues to accelerate and expand in scope, enabling an increasing number of individuals, in groups and alone, to pose threats arising ...