Microbial strains in the context of biological warfare are among the most dangerous applications of biotechnology with a ...

The Joint Biological Tactical Detection System is ready to go into production. It’s been 20 years in the making, but the Army is about to get its first lightweight, low-cost, man-portable defense ...

Sep. 18—As D-Day drew near, Gen. George C. Marshall, the Army chief of staff, dispatched a messenger to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in London. Eisenhower was instructed to meet alone with the messenger, ...

The world is a safer place thanks to the effective implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). The convention, which was opened for signature in 1972, prohibits the ...

Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, spoke of the uncertainty of modern times today, saying challenges are ...

Archaeologists have reconstructed the skeleton and DNA of the Norse “well man” of lore whose remains were thrown into a well, likely to poison a castle’s main water source during a military raid. The ...

The FBI said yesterday it is focusing on about 30 U.S.-based biological warfare experts in its investigation of last year's anthrax attacks, and has searched the homes of more than two dozen in recent ...

WASHINGTON -- Discoveries in Afghanistan show that al-Qaida's research into biological weapons was more advanced than previously estimated by the United States, a new intelligence report says. While ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The NATO Innovation Fund has made its first investment in a biotechnology company, it said on Monday, seeking to enhance defences against biological threats The fund is co-leading ...