WASHINGTON -- Low levels of sarin nerve gas affected behavior and organ functions in laboratory animals at least a month after exposure, suggests new research that may provide clues to the mysterious ...

(NEW YORK) — Reports that dozens of people in Syria, including young children, were killed in a suspected nerve gas attack has renewed attention to the suspected agent, sarin gas. The toxic gas can ...

Sarin is an extremely volatile nerve agent because of its ability to change from liquid to gas. If it evaporates into a gas, it can spread into the environment. Sarin’s designation by NATO is GB.

The Gulf War in 1990–1991 was considered a brief and successful military operation, with few injuries or deaths of US troops. The war began in August 1990, and the last US ground troops returned home ...

In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, a man collects his belongings after his home was damaged due to heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (AP ...

The pictures of those children who died in that apparent chemical weapons attack in Syria were heart-wrenching and so difficult to look at. On the streets of Idlib province in Syria, doctors who saw ...

Subway passengers wait to receive medical attention after inhaling Sarin nerve gas in Tokyo's subway on March 20, 1995. Aum sect attackers unleashed Sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo metro system during ...

Here's some background information about sarin, a man-made nerve agent developed for chemical warfare. Facts: Sarin is a liquid that is clear, colorless, tasteless and odorless. Other WRAL Top Stories ...

Sarin is a liquid that is clear, colorless, tasteless and odorless. Sarin is an extremely volatile nerve agent because of its ability to change from liquid to gas. If it evaporates into a gas, it can ...