The genome of the dangerous virus of smallpox has just been synthesized thanks to the techniques of synthetic biology. What…
Author: Pr. FNR Renaud
We will briefly describe the mechanisms of photocatalysis that allow textiles to destroy the organic matter that is in contact…
DECPOL premiere in USA, the launch of the emergency decontamination mitt! Thanks to the opportunity of the IAFC Hazmat of…
The chemical industry uses highly toxic products which, when released, usually accidentally, can pose a serious threat to the on-site…
We describe here the processes that led scientists to synthesize very useful anti-cancer drugs from highly toxic molecules used as…
The plague is still present in everyone’s memory. It has wreaked havoc in previous centuries and it is hard to…
In this short article we recall the properties of the main products which are called “chemical weapons”. In spite of…
We describe in this section how clothing can both protect against extremely toxic chemical liquid and gases and in the…
Crispr/Cas9 is a new method to manipulate the genome. It promises great advances in the medical field and very positive…
The degradation of paraoxon, a simulant of VX, and some bacteria can be carried out by a magnesium oxide but…