Scientists at a heavily-guarded installation called Vector, deep in Siberia, are still conducting research on 120 strains of the Smallpox virus in order to study the origins of the virus and its genetic blueprint, and to seek new vaccines and anti-viral agents.
The proposed US defense budget for 2005 shows a clear path towards space-based missile interceptors which could also be used to attack satellites.
A Danish biotech company has developed a genetically modified flower that could help detect land mines and it hopes to have a prototype ready for use within a few years.
The Bush administration's plans to expand the exploration of space parallels U.S. efforts to control the heavens for military, economic and strategic gain.
Advances in satellite-guided global positioning systems, wireless communications, networking, and increasing bandwidth have fueled the development of Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as remote-operated planes or helicopters to perform tasks considered dull, dirty or dangerous.
Potential clandestine stocks, inadequate emergency planning and lapsed vaccinations mean the highly contagious smallpox virus remains an ideal biological terror weapon.
International nuclear experts are quietly confronting the most terrifying scenario of all -- what to do if terrorists manage to build and detonate a nuclear fission bomb.
A U.S. company is building a demonstration plant for a revolutionary process that could convert any organic matter into fuel oil.
A new report argues that raising fuel efficiency and toughening environmental standards are cheaper ways to cut air pollution and reduce oil imports than developing hydrogen powered cars.
The Iraq war proved how essential weather, communications and targeting satellites are to the U.S. military, and that is good news for a U.S. space industry still reeling from a devastating slump in the commercial market, analysts and defense officials said. Over the next decade, top satellite makers like Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will vie for multibillion-dollar orders as the U.S. military upgrades or replaces nearly all its satellites.