News articles tagged with 'weapon'
New system developed to test and evaluate high-energy laser weapons
— 17 Aug 2010 15:28 | TechnologyTechnologies for using laser energy to destroy threats at a distance have been in development for many years. Today, these technologies - known as directed energy weapons - are maturing…
Prehistoric cold case shows hints of interspecies homicide
— 20 Jul 2009 22:12 | Geology and palaeontologyThe wound that ultimately killed a Neanderthal man between 50,000 and 75,000 years was most likely caused by a thrown spear, the kind modern humans used but Neanderthals did not, according…
Eliminating the threat of nuclear arms
— 5 Feb 2009 14:24 | TechnologyPresident Barack Obama has made his intention of eliminating all nuclear weapons a tenet of his administration's foreign policy. Professor Sidney Drell, a US theoretical physicist and…
Shrinking U.S. nuclear weapons labs poised for historic reinvention
— 12 Jan 2009 21:50 | ChemistryBecause of a changing global role for nuclear weapons, government officials are seeking to cut the size of the U.S. nuclear weapons labs by a third-over the next 20 years. Along with…
The 'Dirty War Index:' A new tool to identify rates of prohibited or undesirable war outcomes
— 16 Dec 2008 14:22 | HealthResearchers in this week's PLoS Medicine present a new tool called the 'Dirty War Index (DWI)' based on the laws of war, a tool which identifies rates of prohibited or highly undesirable…
Improved measurements could mean safer, more reliable electroshock weapons
— 14 Nov 2008 19:24 | TechnologyElectroshock weapons - such as stun guns and other similar devices that temporarily incapacitate a person by delivering a high-voltage, low-current electric shock - have helped law…
Schoolchildren most likely to go armed
— 28 Jul 2008 14:51 | HealthA new analysis of a 2005 survey of American schoolchildren has identified factors that may be used to help improve school safety. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access…
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