MICRO-ROCKETS 'CAN DESTROY CHEMICAL WEAPONS' (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 31, 2014, 14:59

The new rockets generate bubbles which powers them forward

A team has developed micro-rockets that can neutralise chemical and biological weapons.

Powered by seawater, the micrometre-sized rockets are capable of degrading agents like anthrax and sarin.

The rockets can "swim" in contaminated samples to decompose them, before eventually self-degrading.

Published in journal ACS Nano, the team says the technology could also decontaminate environmental waste.

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