Tuesday, 25. March 2003
Topic: SCIENCE - on March 25, 2003 at 9:28:40 PM CET
Diamonds may be key in detecting bio-weapons attacks
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Office of Naval Research, and Argonne National Laboratories have been working on making diamonds the heart of a new type of sensor to detect dangerous biological agents such as anthrax and smallpox.
As the threat of bio-terrorism has grown over the past two years, the U.S government has made concerted efforts to install bio-hazard detectors in some of the nation's airports and other public areas.
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