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Development of Biosensors for the Detection of Biological Warfare Agents: Its Issues and Challenges [PDF]
Science Progress, 2013 Harish Kumar
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Genome sequencing reveals existence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 variant in Egypt
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Background Several SARS-CoV-2 variants with increased transmissibility and/or potential immune escape have emerged and rapidly spread worldwide.
Ghada Ismail +9 more
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SARS-cov-2 is a biological warfare weapon [PDF]
Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2020 : The article deals with the theoretical and practical assumptions, based on available facts and research related to COVID-19, in order to discern the origin of the coronavirus and its consequences on national and international security.
Francis A. BOYLE
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Joseph Needham’s ‘Motivations for Participation’ and ‘Major Roles’ in the International Scientific Commission on Bacterial Warfare during the Korean War [PDF]
Uisahak, 2023 This paper analyzes the motivations of the British biochemist Joseph Needham for participating in ‘the International Scientific Commission for the Investigation of the Facts Concerning Bacterial Warfare in Korea and China (ISC)’ and his major roles ...
Taewoo KIM
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Intelligence, Ignorance, and Diplomacy in the Cold War
Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2021 Drawing on perspectives from “ignorance studies,” this article examines a case of multiple types of expertise and ignorance within the geo-political context of the Cold War. It revisits a suspected breach of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Brian Balmer
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Bi-objective trail-planning for a robot team orienteering in a hazardous environment [PDF]
PeerJ Computer ScienceConsider a team of mobile (aerial, ground, or aquatic) robots for orienteering in a hazardous environment. Modeling the environment as a directed graph, each arc is labeled with a probability that a robot will survive upon traversing it, and each node is
Cory M. Simon +3 more
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Detecting Biological Warfare Agents
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 We developed a fiber-optic, microsphere-based, high-density array composed of 18 species-specific probe microsensors to identify biological warfare agents.
Linan Song, Soohyoun Ahn, David R. Walt
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Biological warfare and bioterrorism
BMJ, 2002 Since the terrorist attack on the United States in September 2001 attention has been focused on the threat of biological warfare. The disruptive effects of deliberate release of anthrax in civilian settings have been well documented, and several other pathogens could also be used as biological weapons.
Beeching, N +3 more
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Biological warfare: The many possibilities
South African Family Practice, 2004 Biological warfare has been a threat to society for many decades. This article summarises some of the most likely organisms suitable for a bio-terrorist attack, including Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, the agents of viral ...
E. Wasserman
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