A new method that can detect even trace amounts of chemicals in the air could be the key to stopping chemical and
biological warfare attacks.
Not exact matches
The study, published this week in mBio ®, an open - access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, highlights the advances in genomic sequencing that now enable precise tracking of bacterial strains used in
biological warfare and terrorist
attacks around the world.
The nature of the
attack and its perpetrators are not known, though Howard speculates on possibilities ranging from nukes to
biological warfare via the Russians, North Koreans, and / or Martians.
For example, most travel insurance plans specifically exclude any coverage for sickness, injuries, or other losses due to war,
attacks using weapons of mass destruction, nuclear, chemical,
biological or other
warfare — regardless of who commits the act or whether war has been declared or not.