On August 9, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will host an International Forum to Advance First Responder Innovation (IFAFRI) Stakeholder Summit.
For decades, microbiologists have done their work by hand even as robotics and automation began to improve other laboratory processes. Until recently, the delicate techniques necessary to introduce mechanisms to microorganism study and analysis have been challenging for these divisions to automate. Now that's changing.
By testing new technology, University of Florida scientists will work with growers to encourage their use of alternatives to fresh water by using new smart irrigation systems. This way, growers can lower their risk of transferring pathogens from water to crops, said Eric McLamore, an associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering at the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Recent tests integrating commercial and government capabilities is making tactical communications between international and interagency law enforcement operators safer and more reliable.
Performance Motion Devices today announced that its ATLAS® digital amplifiers, featuring the highest power density in the industry, can now be used with third party microprocessors or field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) via Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) communications.
Sysmex, one of the fastest growing providers of diagnostic hardware and software in the U.S., celebrates its 50th anniversary in booth number 1231 at this year’s annual meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC). The company is also sharing its plans to equip the clinical laboratory of the future with innovative solutions in flow cytometry, urinalysis and hematology.
Communication breakdown among nurses and doctors is one of the primary reasons for patient care mistakes in the hospital.
Designing a new pharmaceutical drug takes years of research, and now chemists and computational and computer scientists have developed a software framework that could help expedite this process by supporting accurate and rapid calculations of how strongly drug compounds bind to target molecules.
DHS S&T's first Biometric Technology Rally, held in March at S&T’s Maryland Test Facility (MdTF), aimed to eliminate these obstacles by testing face and face/iris recognition systems. The MdTF designed a standard security checkpoint process to test the ability of biometric identity systems to acquire and match images from a diverse volunteer population within a realistic time constraint.
PHILADELPHIA— The United States Congressional Budget Office estimates that 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is spent on medical tests and procedures that do not improve patient outcomes. In an effort to reduce unnecessary testing, procedures and related spending, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has named Penn Medicine and two other organizations among a select few health care organizations in the country designated as a “qualified provider-led entity” (QPLE).
Techcyte Europe has been awarded the 2018 Healthcare Startup of the Year at the annual Healthcare Summit in Luxembourg.
From testing space shuttle tiles to making electricity from sunlight, the world’s first multimegawatt solar tower has contributed to energy research, space exploration, defense testing and solar energy commercialization since it was commissioned at Sandia National Laboratories in July 1978. The solar tower is a key component of a specific type of utility-scale solar energy technology that uses hundreds of large mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto a receiver on a tower. The heat from the concentrated sunlight is absorbed by either a liquid, gas or solid and stored or used immediately in a heat exchanger to generate electricity. This type of energy, called concentrating solar power, is appealing because it can supply renewable energy — even when the sun is not shining — without using batteries for storage. To mark the National Solar Thermal Test Facility’s 40th anniversary this month, present and past Sandia leaders and researchers, industry leaders and government represen
It’s often been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, revealing what we think and how we feel. Now, new research reveals that your eyes may also be an indicator of your personality type, simply by the way they move.
The University of Utah received National Science Foundation funding to create a Federal Statistical Research Data Center that will provide qualified researchers throughout the Intermountain West with access to a wide range of extensive restricted-use data collected by federal and state agencies.
The better we understand additive manufacturing — or 3-D printing, the more likely it may revolutionize manufacturing. A recent Argonne paper spots possible ways to reduce powder “spattering,” which can result in defects. This new information could help businesses in many industries.
Growing up in northeast China, Dr. Guirong (Grace) Yan didn’t see many tornados in a country where the number of documented twisters is a fraction of those that hit the United States.But as her academic career took Yan to several postdoctoral fellowships and then faculty positions in Indiana, Missouri and Texas, the assistant professor of structural engineering at Missouri S&T gradually found her calling.
Quantum computers work in a fundamentally different way than classical computers. Computer scientists need to start from scratch when creating algorithms for them to run. Three teams from the Department of Energy’s laboratories are developing the foundations for new computer languages and programs.
Enzo is pleased to announce the launch of a new primary antibody validated for IHC, our p16INK4a monoclonal antibody. Our antibody is specific to the p16INK4A protein, a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor that plays an important regulatory role in the cell cycle.
A team of international researchers led by engineers at Washington University has developed a way to use a light field to trigger a mechanical movement that will generate an acoustic wave.
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