Research
The technology known as 3D printing could disrupt labor markets and exacerbate security threats from violent actors, a new RAND Corporation paper suggests.
To the latter point, 3D printing could benefit military adversaries, violent extremists, and even street criminals, who could produce their... Read More »
Intelleuron, LLC has garnered a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate contract to design, develop and test intelligent reconnaissance technology.
Officials said the $199,977 award involves working with small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) in support of... Read More »
Machine-based algorithms in use by an international team of researchers have found a way to predict people’s susceptibility to cholera through gut bacteria.
Out of trillions of bacteria swimming around the gut, the artificial intelligence (AI) determined a hundred microbes that establish... Read More »
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), through the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, recently awarded BAE Systems a $13.1 million contract to demonstrate an optical seeker for precision-guided munitions.
The seeker uses passive electro-optical and infrared sensors to... Read More »
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) fielded more than 300,000 reports of internet crimes in 2017, and losses totaled more than $1.4 billion, according to the 2017 Internet Crime Report released on Monday.
Compromised business email accounts led to $676 million in losses in 2017,... Read More »
A clinical trial examining the effectiveness of a universal influenza vaccine is currently underway, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Officials said the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-sponsored Phase 2 effort focuses on M-001 as a means of garnering... Read More »
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems were recently awarded sole-source contracts for the U.S. Navy’s Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) program, shaving four years from the procurement process and supporting a 2023 launch date.
Next-Gen OPIR aims to improve... Read More »
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) staff recently developed virtual reality environments designed to support industry in designing user interfaces for use by first responders.
These interfaces could include visual indicators, sounds or voice commands that could be embedded... Read More »
Researchers last week published findings in the journal Scientific Reports which utilized a marmoset monkey model of Zika virus infection to understand how Zika causes congenital disease in their human counterparts.
"We were interested in using primate models to better understand how the Zika... Read More »
America’s response to potential worldwide biological threats — either naturally occurring or imposed by terrorists — must evolve, experts told the Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense during its April 25 public meeting addressing current transnational biothreats and the global security... Read More »
Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday its first U.S. customer, Aurora Flight, for a new vehicle control software -- the Vehicle Control Station software VCSi -- that boasts the ability to control dozens of unmanned vehicles at the same time.
The decision was made by Aurora Flight and Lockheed... Read More »
Government agencies, private organizations, and individuals have been invited to take part in the biannual the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Level Exercise being held through May 11 to vet lessons learned during the 2017 hurricane season.
The 2018 National Level... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) invited small businesses to submit ideas to enhance security screening to the Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) on Wednesday for a chance to receive up... Read More »
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there has been a troubling rise in cases of illness associated with mosquito, tick and flea bites in the United States over the last 13 years; in fact, cases have tripled.
More than 640,000 cases of illness were reported during... Read More »
Wellcome Trust has earmarked a $3.6 million grant award as a means of aiding the malaria drug research process.
Officials said the funding allotment would benefit the work of researchers from Australia's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Merck & Co., Inc., which is known as MSD in Australia,... Read More »
Engility Holdings, Inc. recently announced that it was awarded a five-year, $90 million task order to provide software engineering and production support to the U.S. Navy's tactical afloat and submarine local area networks.
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic awarded the Tactical... Read More »
Engineers from Lehigh University have earned themselves a 3-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support an unusual means of Ebola outbreak prediction by tracking the ecological factors of bat migration patterns.
The effort follows A New England Journal of Medicine study... Read More »
Lockheed Martin plans to bring a new manufacturing facility online later this month in Pinellas Park, Florida, that will assemble canopies and bulkheads for the F-35 Lightning II program, the company announced at a formal opening on Monday.
The new facility boasts 65,000 square feet of... Read More »
Scientists have determined the yellow fever virus has the potential to spread into cities around the world where it previously hasn't been seen.
The study findings of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization detailed the mapping of yellow fever... Read More »
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard researchers have created a new tool that better prepares the CRISPR-based diagnostic tool, SHERLOCK, for rapid response to viral outbreaks.
The updates allow clinicians to quickly and cheaply diagnose patient samples and track epidemic spread directly in... Read More »
The U.S. Army recently awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $97.9 million to develop a Quick Reaction Capability (QRC) next-generation missile warning system for aircraft.
Under the Limited Interim Missile Warning System (LIMWS) contract, the company’s 2-Color Advanced Warning System... Read More »
Bipartisan members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee released a discussion draft on Thursday aimed at improving the nation’s ability to prepare for and respond to deliberate bioterrorist attacks or naturally occurring pandemics in the United States.
The draft... Read More »
Leadership from the Alliance for Biosecurity urged Congressional lawmakers at a hearing on Thursday to increase funding for programs to protect Americans from biological and chemical threats.
Speaking before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and... Read More »
Though found to prevent Zika virus infection in primates, a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies was deemed ineffective in a new study led by the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine.
Pregnant rhesus macaques were infected, the infection spread to the amniotic fluid and fetal deaths... Read More »
A new paper from the RAND Corporation warns that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to capsize the foundations of nuclear deterrence by 2040.
RAND researchers based the paper, titled “How Might Artificial Intelligence Affect the Risk of Nuclear War?,” on a series of workshops... Read More »
For the first time, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) was able to test drones for land and maritime usefulness to federal agencies, conducting tests at two sites in Mississippi back in January.
To do so, they worked with the United States... Read More »
BAE Systems and Dell EMC announced Monday a collaboration to offer a scalable, hybrid cloud solution for the U.S. government.
“Our federated secure cloud is not just a modified commercial cloud environment for government use,” Al Whitmore, president of BAE Systems’ Intelligence & Security... Read More »
The National Security Agency (NSA) has developed a set of tools, called Unfetter, designed to bolster cybersecurity initiatives.
Officials said Unfetter offers critical research insights to anyone, positioning decision-makers in various industries to incorporate network-protection... Read More »
A recently released study, presented to the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, demonstrated a 2017 reemergence of West Nile Virus (WNV) spreading to new areas in Greece.
In all, scientists found 26 patients with the disease. An additional 19 had WNV fever.... Read More »
Chlorinated lipids may be the answer to quickly testing and treating individuals who may have been exposed to chlorine gas, a Saint Louis University professor recently said.
Quickly determining which chemical agent was used is allows medical personnel to take appropriate countermeasures to save... Read More »
The National Security Agency (NSA) recently hosted researchers from “lablets” taking part in its Science of Security and Privacy (SoS) initiative, which advances the design of trusted systems across disciplines ranging from computer science to behavioral science.
Since its launch in 2012,... Read More »
Scientists from the University of Liverpool recently determined the exact means by which bacteria can swap genetic material with one another -- something they conclude can spark the outbreak of infectious diseases.
They have dubbed the process horizontal gene transfer, something that has... Read More »
U.S. agencies need a more predictable and accessible source of funds to support a rapid response to public health emergencies, including outbreaks of disease and bioterror attacks, U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) said Wednesday.
Cole addressed a panel of government officials testifying at a House... Read More »
The U.S. military would take steps to secure access to the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) needed to use many communication and navigational devices and to ward off enemy attempts at jamming or deception, under a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.
The U.S.... Read More »
A new report, Breaking Through, released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine last week seeks to address the future of biomedical research with a list of improvement recommendations for essentially all levels of involvement.
Congress, the National Institutes of Health... Read More »
