Displaying result for tag: terrorism
A terrorist group uses a virus to change the behaviour or neutralise a certain population for a certain period
A suicide bomber of UK citizenship caused two explosions in Stockholm streets on Saturday the 11th of December 2010 . neer Christmas shoppers. The bomber was killed in the attack. The bomber named Abdulwahab used to study in ...
Terrorists or criminal organisation uses remote-controlled swarms of "cyborg insects" (insects with implanted electronics) to infect people and/or animals or agricultural crops with biochemical agents. Perpetrators could be al...
Terrorists take algae production plants to their main targets
If world energy sector becomes dependent on algae biofuel production, terrorist know how vulnerable algae is for bioterrorism and how dependent many countries of sunny offschores are on their algae production. As oil sector is ...
Trace pollutants cause ethnic air cleansing in Europe
The hazard of trace pollutants in urban air are shown to be focused on certain ethnic minorities, e.g. Pakistani or certain EU groups, who are more susceptible to hereditary disorders such as B-thalassaemia. This rapidly leads ...
Significant terrorist action damaging science infrastructure
For example London, Cambridge, Manchester put out of action for a significant period of time (more than 1 year). With a damaged infrastructure in the UK (or Europe) the loss of research capacity could divert investment to other...
A major disaster caused by an R&D accident
it is more likely in the biotech field. For example a virus or bacteria created in a laboratory is released by terrorists, and causes chaos
Fears that terrorists may acquire Pakistani nuclear material
US and UK diplomats feared Pakistan's nuclear material could fall into the hands of terrorists, the Guardian reports some of the leaked cables as revealing. Cables reported in the New York Times reveal the US has been attemp...
Advanced screening techniques improve airport security
Terrorist threats in air traffic are nullified due to new scanning techniques (without hindering time)
Widespread availability of innovative technologies and off-t ...
Unlike the past, when most of the innovative technologies originated from the defense and security research, nowadays most innovative technologies result from the new global competitive economy and the worldwide consumers deman...
Increased use of chemicals by terrorists
Early indicator for chemical terrorism (attacks with use of non-conventional weapons).
Terrorist nuclear material misuse
The most convenient terrorist misuse of nuclear material is to create so-called dirty bomb, a radiological weapon which combines radioactive material with conventional explosives. Through a radiological dispersal device a radio...
