Scientists have discovered that a gene found in the common fruit fly can be successfully expressed in a plant and used to detoxify land contaminated with TNT. The breakthrough could pave the... Read more
Biologists at the University of York have taken an important step in making it possible to clean millions of hectares of land contaminated by explosives. A team from the Centre for Novel Agr... Read more
“Our system is convenient, and it is cheap to make” Some may think of turkeys as good for just lunch meat and holiday meals, but bioengineers at UC Berkeley saw inspiration in the big birds... Read more
A new invention may make it a lot easier–and cheaper–to find landmines. This chemical film can be sprayed on the ground and glows over the spots where it senses explosives. Landm... Read more