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By Category: Biological Weapons

Development of Self-Powered Chemical and Biological Sensors

GlobalBiodefense: New types of smart materials that can respond to selective stimuli hold promise in the development of novel platforms for self-powered chemical and biological (CB) sensors that can sense and destroy threat agents.

September 11, 2014
| Filed under North America, Biological Weapons, Biosafety, Biotechnology, Countermeasures, and Research
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U.S. Completes Destruction of Sarin Precursors from Syria on the Cape Ray

(Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) All 581 metric tonnes of a precursor chemical for sarin gas that were removed from the Syrian Arab Republic and trans-loaded onto the U.S. Maritime Vessel Cape Ray in early July, have been destroyed with neutralisation technology aboard the ship while sailing in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Read More »

August 19, 2014
| Filed under Middle East, Agents & Toxins, Biological Weapons, Countermeasures, and International
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Delay in Sentencing for Ricin Letter Case

(WJTV) A federal judge has granted a request to provide the attorney for a 42-year-old man who pleaded guilty to sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other officials more time to review a pre-sentencing report. James Everett Dutschke entered guilty pleas in January to manufacturing ricin, mailing threatening communications and threatening the president. Read More »

April 9, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biocrimes, Biological Weapons, and Bioterrorism
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Bag Found Under Gas Main Cover Tests Positive for Ricin

(NBC10 Philadelphia) A bag recovered last week from inside the cover of a gas main tested positive for ricin, investigators tell NBC10.com. On March 20, hazmat crews recovered a package from under the cover of a gas main on South New Street in Hatboro, Montgomery County — near the Byberry Road apartment of 19-year-old Nicholas Read More »

April 2, 2014
| Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Biocrimes, Biological Weapons, and Bioterrorism
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Will hackers find bioweapon secrets in the cloud?

(FCW) The collision of big data and decoded genetic information is creating a wealth of opportunities for biologists, engineers and public health researchers. However, there is also the potential that advances in computing and genetics are providing potentially catastrophic opportunities for malefactors to hack into research computers to find information that could be adapted to Read More »