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

Slate is making its coronavirus coverage free for all readers. Subscribe to support our journalism. Start your free trial. This expansive biological agent definition is hardly unique. Congress has ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The inadequate initial U.S. response to COVID-19, coupled with new advances in biotechnology, could make biological weapons more appealing for U.S. adversaries. The biological weapons capability ...

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 ...