America leads a posse of governments in disrupting illicit trade in nuclear, chemical and biological materials.
They were built of substances meant to mimic biological materials and had radiation sensors embedded throughout the torso.
Biological materials themselves are not usually magnetic, but they are often chemically specific.
For example, new vaccines are being developed with biological materials that, like seeds, are designed by nature to duplicate themselves.
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What that might be is unknown, but experiments in space have shown that cosmic rays can have some positive impacts on biological materials.
In particular, biological materials alter igneous rocks in well-understood ways.
George Huber, of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, reports that using the right combination of catalysts makes it possible to heat biological materials and produce many of the same hydrocarbons found in gasoline.
MRI, first developed 30 years ago, is based on a well established scientific technique, nuclear magnetic resonance, which uses the interaction of magnetic fields with the spin of the nuclei of atoms to provide detailed information on the constituents of chemicals and biological materials.
To qualify for a grant in any of the eligible categories, an applicant must prove financial need and have made, or be the descendant of someone who has made, a significant contribution to scientific research as a research subject without personal benefit, including those who have unwillingly or unknowingly been used in research or contributed biological materials for research.
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British police are literally leaving no stone unturned in their probe of his death, creating a two-mile-long blockade around the mansion, and searching the property for chemical, biological and nuclear materials.
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With the rise of biotechnology and other advances, many patented technologies are based on biological or other materials that are by nature replicable, making illicit copying as tempting as it is easy.
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The UN's resolution 1540 obliges all governments to stop nuclear (and chemical and biological) bomb-making materials falling into terrorist hands.
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"There are no radioactive, biological, chemical and other dangerous materials on board the station, " the foreign ministry said.
The NIH and National Science Foundation have recently released a joint solicitation encouraging proposals at the intersection of biology and the physical sciences and engineering, in areas such as biological computing and biologically-inspired materials.
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Chief among these interests are: counter-terrorism, disposal of Soviet-built chemical and biological weapons, security of nuclear and radiological materials, arms control, nonproliferation, and the responsible withdrawal of U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan.
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Specifically, unexpected physical, biological, and chemical properties emerge that are not present in the same materials at larger scales.
Down at these near-atomic sizes, materials exhibit unique properties that dramatically alter their physical, chemical or biological behaviour.
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