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National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Chem-Bio Defense Budgets Set to Increase In Coming Years The Obama administration has made no secret of its support of chemical and biological defense programs.  |
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean |
To Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Reaching Out To International Partners U.S. officials believe that terrorists aspire to build bio-weapons. The White House is also expanding collaborative efforts with international partners to help prevent such attacks.  |
National Defense June 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Research Challenge: How to Defend Against Still-Undefined Chemical, Biological Attacks Military scientists are often criticized for not working fast enough and for not pushing technologies into the field more expeditiously. Those working in chemical and biological sciences are no exception.  |
National Defense June 2011 Grace V. Jean |
Chem-Bio Directorate Shifting Research Dollars Toward 'Focused Innovative Technology' Despite investing billions of dollars in efforts to protect warriors from hazardous agents, the Pentagon's arsenal to detect and overcome potential exposure to traditional and nontraditional agents is still limited.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 John Keller |
Editor's Notebook: Futuristic Remote-Control Snake Arm May Blend Electronic and Optical Technologies Scientists at the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency at Fort Belvoir, Va., are asking industry for ideas on how to blend electronic, optical, and mechanical technologies in a remote-control arm that can move like a snake.  |
National Defense August 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Chem-Bio Defense Program Is Due for Sweeping Reform The Pentagon's chemical and biological defense programs need major changes in the way they field technology, cooperate with other government agencies and support the private sector, according to a senior official.  |
National Defense August 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
New Science, Strategy Needed to Protect Bases The military is launching a new effort, including equipment purchases, scientific studies and research initiatives, to guard military bases, supply hubs and civilian installations against biological, chemical, radiological or nuclear strikes.  |
National Defense December 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Dept. Courts Commercial Vendors to Help Defeat WMD Threats The Defense Threats Reduction Agency is looking toward non-traditional commercial suppliers for vaccines and systems capable of alerting personnel in case of a bio-warfare attack.  |
Chemistry World March 4, 2014 Patrick Walter |
Europe's chemical sector stagnated in 2013 Europe's chemical sector did not grow at all in 2013, according to the latest chemical trends report from the European Chemical Industry Council. This leaves industry's output 6.4% below its peak back in 2007.  |
National Defense March 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Homeland Defense The Defense Department's agency in charge of developing chemical and biological defense technologies is shifting its focus from large-scale incidents on the battlefield to small-scale terrorist attacks against civilians.  |
National Defense May 2009 Robert H. Williams |
New Hazardous Material Protective Suits Unveiled Will protect wearers from liquid or airborne chemical and biological agents.  |
National Defense January 2006 Grace Jean |
Pentagon Chem-Bio Program Expands to Homeland Missions The Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security are seeking to homogenize the equipment that military units and local first responders employ to detect and neutralize toxic agents.  |
National Defense June 2007 Stew Magnuson |
National Guard, Army Chemical Units Criticized for Being Untrained, Unprepared Acute shortages of equipment and personnel means less time, or no time, to train.  |
National Defense November 2006 Harold Kennedy |
Army Lab Channels Expertise to Non-Traditional Areas When the United States invaded Iraq, the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center began tackling a host of problems that were far removed from traditional chemical or biological defense, such as roadside bombs.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 |
Army Picks Goodrich for Chemical Agent Detector Soldiers could soon be using advanced optics to find bombs or detect chemical and biological agents.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004 J.R. Wilson |
Military Services Eye Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Detection While efforts are in progress to improve the ability to detect and deter intruders at military installations, a separate set of programs is tackling how to detect and respond to an attack involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive agents.  |
National Defense March 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Chemical-Biological Defense Office To Kick Off Dozens of New Programs The previous decade has seen little in terms of advancement of nuclear-radiological detection devices, and there will be a new push to update them.  |
Chemistry World December 10, 2012 Paul Nancarrow |
A fresh approach Morton Denn, author of Chemical Engineering: An Introduction, has successfully written a modern and concise book on this topic.  |
Information Today March 15, 2012 |
Occupational Health Content Integrated into EBSCO's ExPub Databases Haz-Map is designed to assist professionals seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biological agents in the workplace.  |
National Defense January 2004 Geoff S. Fein |
Pentagon Widens Search for New Technologies The Defense Department is expanding its search for new technologies beyond traditional industries and government agencies. Among the areas of interest are technologies to help detect and protect against chemical or biological attacks.  |
Information Today May 3, 2010 |
EPA Releases New Chemical Toxicity Database This database allows scientists and the interested public to search and download thousands of toxicity testing results on hundreds of chemicals. ToxRefDB captures 30 years and $2 billion of testing results.  |
National Defense July 2009 Matthew Rusling |
Specialized Chem-Bio Unit to Fully Stand Up in 2011 The Defense Department is beefing up the nations response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive attacks.  |
National Defense October 2014 Stew Magnuson |
More Changes in Store For DHS' Science and Technology Directorate Lawmakers and government watchdogs have expressed disappointment with the organization. It has gone through several directors, each with his or her own idea of how the organization should function and its place in the larger DHS enterprise.  |
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Army to Test Assay Reader Add-On for Smartphones Scientists at the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center have developed two clip-on attachments for an Android phone that can do just that, and they plan to test the devices within the next couple months.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2010 |
QinetiQ North America Developing Roving, Early-Warning WMD Detector for U.S. Army The program is designed to meet a stated Department of Defense need for a tactical chemical and biological defense, as well as an intelligent network that can communicate and direct sensors so they provide real-time notice of a threat.  |
National Defense November 2004 Harold Kennedy |
WMD Defense Lacks Unified Command-Control Structure The Defense Department has assigned to multiple units the job of protecting the United States against attacks by weapons of mass destruction. These agencies, however, lack a central command and control structure.  |
National Defense December 2003 Geoff S. Fein |
Chem-Bio Defense Policies Revisted Post-Iraq The industrial base responded remarkably well to the surge in demand for chemical and biological defense equipment in Operation Iraqi Freedom. But troops in the theater encountered problems operating equipment that had not been properly tested.  |
Chemistry World October 2009 |
Agriculture's call for chemistry Decades of underinvestment in agricultural research have taken their toll but now is the time to bring in young scientists to find new ways to feed the world.  |
National Defense March 2006 |
Joint Strike Fighter Gets Cleaned Up LJoint Strike Fighter testers at Edward Air Force Base are perfecting processes to cleanse the aircraft of biological and chemical contamination.  |
Technology Research News November 3, 2004 |
Lasers Move Droplets Labs-on-a-chip promise inexpensive and portable biological and chemical analysis. The key to making the tiny labs work is finding ways to move and mix minuscule amounts of substances.  |
Chemistry World April 9, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
European project to boost industry energy efficiency The European Chemical Industry Council has launched a two-year, Europe-wide project to help chemical companies improve their energy efficiency.  |
National Defense August 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Spurs its Biological And Chemical Defense Programs The Pentagon is trying to buttress the military's defensive posture against biological and chemical weapons by focusing on the development of advanced vaccines and improved therapeutics. A surge in money is fueling this effort.  |
National Defense November 2004 Robert H. Williams |
Safety, Health Agency Approves New Gas Mask The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has for the first time certified a gas mask that offers protection from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents.  |
Chemistry World April 23, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Chemists seek end to chemical warfare on centenary of its first use The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has issued a declaration stating their commitment to worldwide disarmament on the centenary of the first use of a chemical weapon.  |
Entrepreneur June 2010 Joel Holland |
More Than What You Paid For Hire your smartest classmates by setting up an internship program.  |
Chemistry World September 11, 2006 |
Conference Blog From the American Chemical Society's fall conference: Dance your way to an A... Play for today... Welcome to San Francisco... Bio-barcodes indicate cancer protein... etc.  |
National Defense June 2011 Grace V. Jean |
U.S. Strategy To Combat Bioterrorism Takes Global View The Defense Department has embarked on a multi-hundred-million dollar effort to protect troops from bioterrorism. Its strategy focuses on containing potential outbreaks in areas of the world where pathogens are known to exist.  |
Chemistry World June 14, 2012 Andrew Turley |
ECHA finishes first combo review The European Chemical Agency has for the first time looked at a group of chemicals as a combination when considering risks associated with exposure -- rather than looking at each chemical in isolation.  |
Information Today December 15, 2011 |
CAS and InfoChem to Collaborate in ChemInformatics Chemical Abstracts Service announced a longterm collaboration with InfoChem, GmbH, a provider of chemical structure and reaction technology as well as datamining in chemical science documents.  |
National Defense March 2006 |
Respirator Offers Protection From Deadly Agents An air purifying escape respirator produced by ILC Dover that protects against chemical, biological and nuclear contamination has won approval from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.  |
Science News October 30, 2004 |
From the October 27, 1934, Issue Soviet Scientists Make Large Telescope Lens... Most Penetrating Artificial Gamma Rays From Sodium... Chemical Released by Nerve Carries Message to Muscle...  |
National Defense October 2004 Robert H. Williams |
Soldiers Will Receive Enhanced Chem-Bio Shelters The U.S. Army is receiving new self-powered chemical biological protective shelters, which will no longer be reliant on Humvee trucks for energy.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
An Invisible Threat Commercial buildings are ill-quipped to thwart nuclear, biological and chemical agent attacks, which are excluded from terrorism insurance policies.  |
Chemistry World May 28, 2013 Phillip Broadwith |
What is life? How chemistry becomes biology Like any work in this area, this book by Addy Pross asks more questions than it answers. It is a stimulating and thought-provoking read, and provides a sound chemical framework for considering the various theories and strands of research.  |
National Defense May 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Chemical Suits Fitted for Unconventional War The possibility of insurgents using homemade biological and chemical weapons is part of an ongoing debate on what kind of protective suits and masks ground forces need.  |
Chemistry World December 17, 2012 Lee Cronin |
Element-centric In the new edition of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Robert Crichton has blended an element-centric approach to the subject with a biological thread that is engaging and helpful in exploring the topics in detail.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 |
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center Selects iRobot PackBot for CBRN Detection Robot The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command will integrate a new chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear detection payload with the battle-proven iRobot PackBot to create the first-ever robot with such a wide array of sensor capabilities.  |
Chemistry World September 13, 2012 Andy Merritt |
Chemical biology comes of age Historically strongest in the US, chemical biology has become increasingly important worldwide, but for many years researchers at the chemistry -- biology interface have struggled to establish their discipline  |
Chemistry World October 11, 2012 Patrick Walter |
Slump in confidence hits EU chemical industry EU chemical production has stalled again after staging a brief recovery after the global economic crisis hit. Chemical production has fallen by 2.4% in the first seven months of this year, compared with the same time period last year.  |
Chemistry World July 1, 2009 Rebecca Trager |
Chemical security efforts spread The EU and the US are simultaneously taking action in a bid to secure chemical facilities and prevent their misuse by terrorists.  |