Chemical agents

A new partnership could result in the first eye drop treatment for mustard gas exposure

Body & Mind

World-first treatment to prevent long-term eye damage from mustard gas

Global healthcare company Grifols has partnered with BARDA, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, to develop the first immune therapy eye drops to prevent the long-term effects of exposure to sulfur mustard, commonly called ‘mustard gas.’

It's thought that Novichok agents can be dispersed as a fine powder

Science

Russian spy attack: What are Novichok nerve agents and what do they do?

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has told parliament that a military-grade nerve agent was used in an attack on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal. May says the substance used belongs to the Novichok group of nerve agents, but what are Nivochok agents and what do they do?

A titanium coating allowed chemical-agent-killing structures to form on the fibers in a similar way to meat on a kebab

Materials

Nano-kebab fabric blasts chemical warfare agents

Scientists have developed a fabric that not only blocks chemical warfare agents, but actively breaks them down, something they say is a step up on currently available technologies.