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Article: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Releases Fall 2003 Research Highlights.
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- AScribe Science News Service
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- October 28, 2003
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Byline: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
RICHLAND, Wash., Oct. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory today released the following advisories:
NERVE-GAS FINGERPRINTS ETCHED IN LIGHT
In 1995 hundreds of Tokyo subway rescuers were exposed to the deadly nerve gas sarin hours before police confirmed its identity. Earlier this year, soldiers in Iraq worried about a similar fate. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have now come up with a way to warn commuters, emergency crews and troops about a toxic gas release. A device called a high resolution infrared spectrometer can be pointed at a suspect cloud to read ...