Report finds Berkeley Lab innovation supports thousands of jobs regionally and nationally
The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) supports more than 10,000 jobs in the Bay Area and nearly 20,000 jobs across the country, according to a new economic impact study that underscores Berkeley Lab’s role as a major employer in the region in addition to being a powerhouse of innovation. Learn more.
AFRL partners with Case Western to develop biosensors for stress and fatigue
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently kicked off a $2 million partnership with Case Western Reserve University to accelerate biosensor development, with an emphasis on the detection of biomarkers for stress and fatigue. Learn more.
NIH expands public-private partnership for Alzheimer disease research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched the next version of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) Alzheimer disease program (AMP AD 2.0) to expand the open science, big data approach for identifying biological targets for therapeutic intervention. Learn more.
NASA, USDA, and GMU create app to broaden access to federal soil moisture data
Farmers, researchers, meteorologists, and others now have access to high-resolution National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) data on soil moisture, thanks to a new tool developed by NASA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), and George Mason University. Learn more.
NIST study finds humidity of breath makes cotton COVID-19 masks more effective
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute have found a better way to test which fabrics work best for masks that are meant to slow the spread of COVID-19—by testing those fabrics under conditions that mimic the humidity of a person’s breath. Learn More.
Navy extends research on long-term physical and mental effects of COVID-19
Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) is launching a second phase of its ongoing study to determine the long-term effects of COVID-19 in Marines at Camp Johnson, North Carolina. Learn More.
