Kansas State researcher Kenneth Klabunde reported in August that his magnesium oxide nanoparticles were able to kill bacteria in less than five minutes.
It was actually Far Cry 3 that made me want a game that was more lonesome and less kill-happy, or that made me so starkly aware of that desire.
"If they get appropriate treatment, they don't feel as suicidal, and they're less likely to kill themselves, and that should be the first thing we do, " she said.
Insect-resistant corn containing the BT toxin, derived from a bacterium and used in organic farming, does kill butterflies and other good insects but far less than 1% of them.
If this was less risky than, say, the top kill, we would have done that before.
If its conclusions are correct, then a solar storm the size of one that was observed in 1859 could potentially kill several weather, telecommunications, and military satellites in less than a year.
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The use of pesticides such as Furadan -- a tablespoon of which costs less than a dollar and is enough to kill a lion -- has become a particularly ruthless way of doing so.
The swine flu outbreak in 2009 was not considered grave enough for this treatment, prompting instead the less fearful 'Catch it, Bin it, Kill it' campaign.
Again players are forced to kill and run as they try to leave, but it feels entirely less engaging or harrowing.
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They developed less than lethal weapons - guns that hurt but do not kill - as a means of resolving conflict without causing serious or fatal injuries.
They were adopted over the past 20 years as a less toxic replacement of organophosphate pesticides, which are known to kill bees and wildlife, and have been linked to health problems in workers.
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Dr Kircher said that an important finding of the study was that vulnerable buildings - un-reinforced masonry, older reinforced concrete and "soft-storey" - made up less than 5% of all buildings in the region but would kill more than half the people.
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