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LOW-POWER DEVICES — Sandia microelectronics engineer Mieko Hirabayashi transfers microelectronic devices into storage containers. (Photo by Craig Fritz)

Designing Long-Duration Toxin Sensors

Imagine a smoke detector that instead of warning residents of smoke before a fire engulfs their home, is placed in…

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Data-as-a-Product: A Force Multiplier for CBRN Defense

Biological agents have become cheaper, faster, and easier for adversaries to engineer and employ due to advancements in science and…

DoD Brain Health Initiative Helps Protect Service Members

The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Warfighter Brain Health Initiative aims to identify changes in cognitive performance to provide an…

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DHS S&T Releases New Tool to Strengthen Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Critical Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) launched an important new resource on GitHub…

A soldier fires an AT-4 antitank rocket while another soldier observes. A large blast is shown behind the launcher and the projectile can be seen coming out of the front of the weapon.

HDIAC Announces Its Latest SOAR on Brain Health

HDIAC is pleased to announce publication of our latest state-of-the art report (SOAR) on “Brain Health:  Baselining, Diagnosis, and Recovery…

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Financing Terrorism Through Cryptocurrencies

Introduction When the first transaction was posted on the Bitcoin blockchain in 2009, a worldwide paradigm shift began that would…

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Radiation Dose Prediction Accuracy

The November 2024 special issue of “Applied Sciences” recently published an artificial intelligence (AI) study co-authored by ORISE Cytogenetic Biodosimetry…

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Advantages and Challenges of Nuclear-Powered Data Centers

We are living in the data center revolution. Nearly everything in our lives is now linked to the vast architecture…

Testing Starts on First Higher Enriched Fuel in U.S. Commercial Reactor

Southern Nuclear recently loaded a new higher enriched nuclear fuel into a commercial reactor for irradiation testing. This is the…

“Lipocartilage” is a type of supportive skeletal tissue, that consists of densely packed, bubble-like cells containing fat. This image shows a scan of mouse ear lipocartilage stained with a green fluorescent dye. Credit: Plikus Lab/University of California, Irvine

Unique Skeletal Tissue May Enable New Regenerative Medical Treatments

Supported by multiple grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation, researchers have comprehensively characterized the properties of a unique type…

Fiber Computer Allows Apparel to Run Apps and “Understand” the Wearer

What if the clothes you wear could care for your health? MIT researchers have developed an autonomous programmable computer in…

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Cool Mission: ONR Aids Deployment of Data Buoys Across Arctic Ocean

ARLINGTON, Va.—In January 2025, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) partnered with the 144th Airlift Squadron of the Alaska Air…