chemical agents & chemistry products

The results achieved by these countries to create new chemical agents of this type are reflected in more than 200 open sources of NATO countries," the spokeswoman said, noting that Czechia had been carrying out research into chemical protection within the Warsaw Treaty Organization. "In all media ...

State Rep. Proposes Barring Solitary Confinement for Some, 15-Day Limit. A state representative has proposed barring solitary confinement of specific inmate populations, the use of restraint chairs, chemical agents and shackles during solitary confinement and prohibiting solitary confinement over 15 days ...

England, as does the U.S., has the ability to quickly identify a chemical agent and match it against known chemical agents. Putin has used such chemical agents in the past and since it was used against a former spy, clearly proves it was Russia. This chemical agent requires a special environment and ...

Terrorist organizations are constantly finding new ways to increase the destructive potential of chemical agents to inflict maximum damage. Incidents such as the 1995 subway incident in Tokyo, during which members of a cult released sarin on multiple subway lines, killing 12 people and injuring thousands ...

A 26-year-old man was taken into custody at the conclusion of a four-hour standoff Thursday at the southern edge of St. Joseph on U.S. Highway 59. St. Joseph police were called at about 9 a.m. to 6700 U.S. Highway 59, just south of Ameri-Mills. Multiple police units and at least one armored law ...

Proteins are the workhorses of biology, and while scientists have been able to control them in the body, they're too sensitive to be useful in the outside world. Now, a team from UC Berkeley has found a way to keep them alive and functioning in a synthetic environment, and used them to make mats that can ...

The chemical agent identified by British scientists, known as Novichok, was secretly developed by the Soviet Union beginning in the 1970s, in violation of Moscow's subsequent treaty commitment to stop developing and producing chemical weapons. The agent is believed to be 10 times more powerful than ...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said that it was "highly likely" that Russia was responsible for the incident, since the two were poisoned with a Novichok-class chemical agent that was developed in the Soviet Union. On Wednesday, May went on to announce a package of anti-Russian measures, including ...

“Russia has stopped production of any chemical agents back in 1992,” he told Marr, the day after Moscow expelled 23 British diplomats in a tit-for-tat measure. But the Foreign Office ... Chizhov also appeared to suggest that Britain itself may have been the source of the chemical agent. “When you have a ...

Mirzayanov said novichok is "at least ten times stronger than any known toxic substance in the world. It strikes the central nervous system and shuts off the person's breathing." Because the chemical agent was only developed in Russia, Mirzayanov said he believes the odds are high that Russia was behind ...

It will be much harder to shrug off international outrage over the use of a chemical agent in a NATO ally. No matter what they say officially, neither U.S. nor European officials are particularly bothered about Ukraine, a poor, corrupt country on the Soviet periphery that the West isn't bound by any treaties to ...

US, NATO back Britain over Russian use of chemical agent. Military personnel remove a vehicle connected to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal from a residential street in Gillingham, Dorset. (Photo: AFP/Adrian Dennis). Chemical Attack United States United Kingdom Russia Sergei Skripal. A+ A A-. WASHINGTON DC, United ...

OTTAWA—Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada condemns what she calls “the despicable use of a chemical agent” in a March 4 attack in the United Kingdom. Russia is accused of using a nerve agent against former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Both remain in critical ...

Russia has denied any involvement in the assassination plot, which reportedly involved a chemical agent, and has advanced a new conspiracy theory ... had been visiting him from Moscow at the time, had been the victims of an attack using one of a group of chemical agents known collectively as Novichok.

Experts believe that Novichok, considered to be among the deadliest chemical agents, was manufactured specifically to kill people. The Soviets, and subsequently Russian authorities, "went to great lengths to keep the program secret at a point when the USSR had already agreed in principle to chemical ...

The director general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has called the use of a chemical agent in UK's Salisbury ... Ahmet] Uzumcu told @OPCW's Executive Council in The Hague just now, on the Salisbury incident, that: 'it is extremely worrying that chemical agents are ...

Russia's British embassy has reiterated Moscow's refusal to heed the deadline set by UK PM Theresa May to explain what she claims was an alleged Soviet-era military-grade toxic agent used to poison former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury. Russia has requested ...

The doctor, who asked not to be named, told the BBC she moved Ms Skripal into the recovery position and opened her airway, as others tended to her father. She said she treated her for almost 30 minutes, saying there was no sign of any chemical agent on Ms Skripal's face or body. The doctor said she ...

In announcing the new sanctions on Tuesday, the State Department said it had determined in late February that North Korea used the chemical agent to assassinate Kim. North Korea had already been subject to sanctions by both the U.S. and the United Nations. The new sanctions place additional ...

Ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were deliberately poisoned with a nerve agent in a case that counter-terrorism police are now investigating as attempted murder. Nerve agents have been used to deadly effect in assassinations and conflicts of the past. Vladimir Putin, now in the frame ...

Police have now identified the chemical agent in question, but declined to name the substance or details on how it was administered. Police added that the investigation has turned to focus on identifying the perpetrators behind what they described as a "deliberate targeting" of the Skripals. Nerve agents are ...

Investigators have revealed that the substance used to attack former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, UK, was a nerve agent. However, exactly which chemical agent was used has not yet been disclosed. The pair were discovered slumped on a bench in the city's ...

This combination of file photos shows Kim Jong Nam, left, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in Narita, Japan, on May 4, 2001, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on May 9, 2016, in Pyongyang. (AP Photos/Shizuo Kambayashi, Wong Maye-E, File)This combination of file ...

Courtesy Photo/BECHTEL The Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant sits on an 85-acre site at Pueblo Chemical Depot.. Pueblo chemical weapons destruction project employs about 1,330Pueblo chemical weapons destruction project employs about 1,330. Buy Now. Pueblo chemical weapons ...

As violence behind bars continues to rise, Texas prisons over the past 10 years have seen a 71 percent increase in the use of chemical agents on inmates, often on those attempting suicide or ... In May 2008, about 20 percent of chemical agent uses were on inmates attempting suicide or self-harm.

US: North Korea used chemical agent VX to kill Kim Jong Un half-brother. The US said it had determined North Korea used chemical warfare agent VX to assassinate Kim Jong Nam, at Kuala Lumpur airport last year. It has imposed additional sanctions on the country. google+ Tumblr VZ Xing Newsvine ...

... the incident was resolved by an emergency response team, who used "chemical agents". Prisoners then complied with the direction to surrender. "The department understand and take very seriously our responsibilities where a use of force such as chemical agent is required, it is always our preference to ...

MOSCOW, February 25. /TASS/. Leaders of militant units entrenched in Eastern Ghouta are preparing a provocation that will involve the use of chemical agents. After it they plan to accuse the Syrian government forces of utilization of chemical weapons against peaceful civilians, the Russian center for ...

CUBRC has been awarded a $4.1 million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, which exists within the U.S. Department of Defense. The Cheektowaga-based nonprofit has more than 150 employees and annual revenue of more than $55 million, based mostly upon layers of government ...

The goal is to develop catalysts, which are molecules that speed up reactions to counteract chemical agents that attack nerves. These agents can be used in warfare. Nerve cells send signals from the body to the brain. When chemical agents are released, they block enzymes in the brain, resulting in nerves ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning the use of a chemical agent in a March 4 attack in the United Kingdom, telling reporters Wednesday he believes Russia likely was involved in the incident that sent a former spy and his daughter to hospital. Trudeau said he spoke with British Prime Minister ...

Evansville police say the suspect barricaded himself inside a hotel room after firing a gun. (WFIE). EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) -. Evansville police say the suspect involved in a standoff with officers is now in custody. Police say officers went to the Evansville Inn and Suites around 9:20 Friday morning to serve a ...

Officers continued to give announcements to the suspects, advising them to surrender or chemical agents would be used to get them to leave the attic. ... Officers and personnel from the Department of Emergency Services worked together to ventilate the residual chemical agent material from the home.