DARPA To Scientists: Find A Better Way To Study Chemical Weapons

The agency wants researchers to invent a technology that can determine, in just 30 days, how a new chemical or biological attack works. The U.S. Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency has set a new challenge for scientists: Invent a method that can figure out, on a molecular level, how new chemical and biological weapons work--and that can do so within 30 days of a victim being exposed. DARPA is calling the five-year program Rapid Threat Assessment. A process that could determine in 30 days t...