Technologies developed across multiple disciplines in the biological sciences will have a profound global impact and concurrently have the potential to revolutionize biological warfare by ...

In the past, fielding technologies to warfighters has followed a structured lather, rinse, repeat routine. The demand signal for a capability comes ...

With 83% of US aid contracts cut, Trump's first 50 days in office has upended millions of lives around the world - with one ...

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.

Japanese military authorities showed little interest in adhering to the Geneva Protocol, which prohibited the use of biological and chemical weapons during warfare. Microbiologist Shirō Ishii ...

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 ...

Determined to anticipate possible Soviet attacks, the U.S. staged more than 200 domestic tests aimed at assessing national vulnerabilities to biological warfare. From the Pentagon to the Pacific I ...

TASS/. The documents available to the Russian Defense Ministry show that the United States is ramping up its biological warfare presence on the African continent, Deputy Chief of Russia’s ...

The recent outbreak of cases of anthrax in the States has brought the possibility of biological warfare just a little closer. But anthrax isn't necessarily the mass killer disease it is sometimes ...

CBR drill at int'l ferry terminal South Korean soldiers take part in chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) warfare ...

Malathion is a neurotoxin and part of a dangerous class of old pesticides called organophosphates that have also been used as nerve agents in chemical warfare. In 2022 the Service finalized its ...

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 ...