Ukrainian scientists use bacteria for bomb disposal

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMJS7zbqnju3Iiz78GtM2fuTZjnGwd2PGTD3uE35XSmCcucq-M2I5dqOsA2SiKvfP8DfJeK3w7VCYS6Kj9mJ4zJBac68B71qp21UyQJOYiP3DlPo1xtt6FTitvATcFN9xRDq03bQI3l4/s1600/Ukrainian+scientists+use+bacteria+for+bomb+disposal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMJS7zbqnju3Iiz78GtM2fuTZjnGwd2PGTD3uE35XSmCcucq-M2I5dqOsA2SiKvfP8DfJeK3w7VCYS6Kj9mJ4zJBac68B71qp21UyQJOYiP3DlPo1xtt6FTitvATcFN9xRDq03bQI3l4/s1600/Ukrainian+scientists+use+bacteria+for+bomb+disposal.jpg" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 8.0pt;">Ukrainian scientists use bacteria for<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic;">bomb disposal </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/robven/459001652/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none;">©flickr.com/robylab</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <div style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 11px;"><br /> </span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><st1:city w:st="on"><i>S</i>EVASTOPOL</st1:city>/ <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">MOSCOW</st1:place></st1:city> (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian scientists have developed a unique explosives-disposal technology involving the use of bacteria, a researcher said on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">It takes between 15 and 115 days for bacteria to “convert” an explosive substance into an organic fertilizer, Gennady Baranov, a research associate with the Biochemical Laboratory at the Sevastopol Institute of Nuclear Power, said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">“It is an organic mixture that ‘consumes’ explosives and chemicals, producing an absolutely pure fertilizer,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">“We can effectively destroy ammunition from the Great Patriotic War [World War II] out in the field by pouring our mix on an artillery shell, and it literally eats through an explosive, leaving the metal intact so it can be subsequently recycled.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">The technology has been patented but its composition is a secret, Baranov said.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></td></tr> </tbody></table><br /> </div>

Ukrainian scientists use bacteria for bomb disposal

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