USCG RDC receives rare commendation for partnership-driven technology solutions
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) recognized its Research and Development Center’s (RDC’s) success in delivering innovative cutting-edge technology to front-line operators on April 8 when the RDC received the USCG’s Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) for the first time in 21 years. Learn more.
LLNL laser technology powers world's most popular mobile phones
The silicon brains running the most popular smartphones in the world were made possible in part by advanced laser and plasma physics research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Learn more.
NASA selects seven innovative, early-stage space tech concepts for continued study
The National Aereonautics and Space Administration (NASA) encourages researchers to develop and study unexpected approaches for traveling through, understanding, and exploring space. To further these goals, the agency has selected seven studies for additional funding – totaling $5 million – from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. Learn more.
Oklahoma City start-up signs exclusive license for Air Force engine ice detection technology
A newly formed company in Oklahoma City has negotiated an exclusive patent license agreement with the U.S. Air Force allowing the company to commercialize an ice detector tech for improved flight line operations.
Integrated Icing Solutions, LLC, signed the license agreement on Jan. 21, 2021, giving it the exclusive rights to the patent-pending “Ice Detection and Precautionary System Shut-Down Reduction Systems,” developed at the Air Force Sustainment Center at Tinker Air Force Base. Learn more.
Biotech tools developed at Brookhaven facilitate COVID-19 vaccine development
The first two vaccines approved for battling COVID-19 in the United States use a relatively new approach—injections of simple packets containing mRNA, a genetic material that instructs cells to make coronavirus spike proteins. Learn More.
Levels of the two most important anthropogenic greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane, continued their unrelenting rise in 2020 despite the economic slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic response, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on April 7. Learn More.
