A Novichok nerve agent was used to poison the former Russian double agent Sergey Skripal in the English town of Salisbury in 2018, making the weapon a household name.

Novichok agents, however, are unusual for their strength, Gwynn Winfield, a chemical weapons expert with the publication CBRNe World, told ABC News. He said they required much larger doses of more ...

British Prime Minister Theresa May threatens retaliation against Russia over ex-spy poisoning 01:56. LONDON-- The use of Russian-developed chemical nerve agent Novichok to poison ex-spy Sergei ...

LONDON-- The nerve agent Novichok could remain active for 50 years if kept in a sealed container, Britain's top counterterrorism police officer said Wednesday, adding that he cannot yet "guarantee ...

Novichok-5 and Novichok-7 are supposed to be the most dangerous – up to eight times more poisonous than VX – one of the most deadly chemical weapons in the world.

Novichok found on water bottle suggests Russia’s Navalny poisoned before he went to airport, aides say By Sebastian Shukla , Vasco Cotovio and Mary Ilyushina , CNN 5 minute read ...

Emergency workers in protective suits search around John Baker House Sanctuary Supported Living after a man and woman were exposed to the Novichok nerve agent on July 6, 2018 in Salisbury, England.

"Novichok agents are reported to produce more permanent injury" than more common nerve agents, the British scientists wrote in 2010, "even following appropriate nerve agent antidote treatment." ...

Novichok is a "binary" chemical weapon, meaning it uses two or more chemical precursors that are either nontoxic or less toxic and become active only when mixed.

Novichok is not made up for Carry-On, with the nerve agent actually being a real thing.Novichok is a family of nerve agents that, while having a bunch of branches, tend to act in similar ways. The ...