Concrete in Disrepair? DARPA May Help You BRACE It
Recent years have seen an emergence of so-called living materials, or materials that have the properties of living things. The…
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DoD Releases Biomanufacturing Strategy
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released its Biomanufacturing Strategy, a document that will guide research efforts, industry partnerships, and…
DARPA Selects Teams to Build Beneficial Biofilms
Bacteria have evolved to be everywhere, all the time. The DARPA Arcadia program is leveraging that fact to build protective biofilms,…
Inhalable Hydrogel Protects Lungs From SARS-CoV-2
Mutations in SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continue to produce new virus variants. Some of these mutations may confer resistance…
Research Team Proves Bacteria-Killing Viruses Deploy Genetic Code-Switching to Deceive Hosts
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have confirmed that bacteria-killing viruses called bacteriophages deploy…
Army Lab Makerspace Program Enables Workforce Innovation
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The Makerspace program at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM…
NRC Authorizes Restart of NIST Research Reactor
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received authorization from the…
Protect and Defend Valuable Assets with ERDC Semi-Permanent Structures and Technologies
As our society becomes increasingly globalized, there is a growing need to establish and maintain semi-permanent structures in far-flung areas….
BARDA Announces the 68th FDA Approval/Licensure/Clearance for Medical Countermeasures Supported by BARDA Under Novel Public Private Partnerships
At BARDA, we are excited about the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the first assay…
Department of Energy Launches Prize to Strengthen Microelectronic Supply Chains Through Microbattery Design and Commercialization
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the Microbattery Design Prize. This two-stage competition will award up…
EPA Takes Action to Improve Cybersecurity Resilience for Public Water Systems
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing a memorandum stressing the need for states to assess cybersecurity…
DHS Announces Results of 2022 Biometric Technology Rally
WASHINGTON – On February 23, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) published the results…