Smiths Detection today announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire PathSensors, a leading bio-technology solutions and environmental-testing company based in Baltimore, MD. The acquisition expands Smiths Detection’s sensing capabilities across the CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive) spectrum to respond quickly to emerging threats.
PathSensors provides...
Ology Bioservices Inc., a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced today it has been awarded a contract to advance development of a cocktail of anti-botulinum neurotoxin monoclonal antibodies (mAb) by the Department of Defense (DOD) through the Joint Science and Technology Office of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency...
A household appliance, which may be sitting inside your kitchen cabinet, can now be used as a powerful tool in the fight to control COVID-19. Researchers with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) developed a do-it-yourself solution to decontaminate personal protective equipment (PPE) using a programmable multicooker.
From army.mil
A chemical and biological decontamination solution improved through testing and evaluation by the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Chemical Biological Center has been identified by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) as an effective COVID-19 disinfectant.
Center researchers have been working with Atomes, F.D., a company located in...
Low levels of radiaiton detected in Northern Europe may be indicative of damage to a nuclear power plant in Western Russia.
Authorities from nuclear agencies in Finland, Norway, and Sweden, all announced last week that they have detected increased radioactive isotopes across Scandinavia and in some Arctic regions.
The Swedish Radiation Safety...
INOVIO today announced it has received $71 million funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to support the large-scale manufacture of the company's proprietary CELLECTRA® 3PSP smart device and the procurement of CELLECTRA® 2000 devices, which are used to deliver INO-4800 directly into the skin.
CELLECTRA® 3PSP is designed to deliver INO-4800 directly...
Milipol Qatar, the Middle East’s leading international event for homeland security and civil defence, which returns to the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC) in October, has attracted an international exhibitor line-up with global sector heavyweights signing up.Milipol Qatar, the Middle East’s leading international event for homeland security and civil...
The latest release of the NIST Mass Spectral Library, which includes the NIST Tandem Mass Spectral Library and NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library and NIST GC Retention Index Database greatly increases the number of compounds and spectra since the 2017 version. The new versions, NIST20, are available from distributors for integration with existing instrumentation.
The NIST20 release includes:
Last week a fire broke out at the Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, which houses the US Air Force 18th Wing.
The fire began in a hazarous materials storage factility just south of the airfield and burned for around 5 hours before being extinguished. Thick billowing clouds of smoke...
Jason Kang, Katherine Jin and Kevin Tyan Columbia University (New York, N.Y.) $10,000 Lemelson-MIT “Cure it!” Undergraduate Winners.
The Challenge: Outbreaks of highly contagious diseases, including Ebola in West Africa and MERS in the Middle East, occur on an annual basis, and thousands of healthcare workers (HCWs) risk their lives...
Squishy Robotics and Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue (SMFR) signed a pilot partnership agreement last week that will send several Squishy Robotics drone-deployable robots to the SMFR to test and use during the department’s emergency response operations and training scenarios over the next year.
SMFR is a leader in the use of...
These weapons, known as nerve agents or neurotoxins, are highly potent and fast acting. Small doses can cause rapid paralysis and death, as the chemicals disrupt the connection between the body’s nerves and muscles.
These internationally banned liquids are aerosolised purposely to inflict damage on large geographical areas and are...
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