Prof van der Meer says the bacterial-based kits cope well with multiple samples, require fewer materials than standard chemical testing field kits, and are easy to prepare.

BBC: The light fantastic: Harnessing Nature's glow

The HART units - made up of seven teams of six - will be on call 24 hours a day at the Ambulance Special Operations Centre (ASOC) to respond to multiple casualties, people trapped in collapsed buildings, flooding or hazardous materials incidents.

BBC: Specialist ambulance HART hub planned for Skypark

Multiple conservative groups have said their applications were delayed and returned with lengthy requests for supporting materials, sometimes including website printouts and lists of guest speakers.

CNN: Obama: Alleged IRS political targeting 'outrageous'

The competition takes place across multiple categories, including sponge paint, airbrushing and face painting, all featuring different techniques and materials to achieve the transformations.

BBC: Bizarre body painting in Austria

For example, I emailed the company several weeks ago asking why it was still doing business with Light Impressions, a supplier of archival framing and storage materials which has a consumer warning from the Better Business Bureau and is the subject of multiple complaints on various photography Web sites.

FORBES: Finance Firms are Going to Twitter and Social Media With Mixed Results