USDA Forest Service employees, Maryland Zoo zookeepers, and founder of Hose2Habitat Lisa Daly pose with a “browser,” a braided fire hose used as an enrichment product for animals in zoos and wildlife refuges. From left to right: Sarah Hines - USFS, Julie Grove - Maryland Zoo, Joe Burns - USFS, Lisa Daly - Hose2Habitat, Alistair Small - Maryland Zoo, Jacqueline Emanuel - USFS, Gary Barrett - USFS, Stephen Dombroskie - Maryland Zoo, and Rascal the Laughing Kookaburra. (Photo credit: Sydney Beasley)
Capitol Corner — March 2019
(Photo credit: PNNL)
PNNL Collaboration Promotes Hydrogen Safety
Idaho National Lab’s Seismic Analysis and Isolation
Photo credit: NIAID
NIAID’s Klebsiella Bacteria Research
(Photo credit: Griffiss Institute)
The near zero-emission prototype fuel cell system that NETL funded. It will be tested at the NRG Energy Center. Photo courtesy of NETL.
NIST Announces 2019 SBIR Funding Opportunities
Photo credit: Naval Research Laboratory.
Navy Research Lab’s Transparent Spinel Ceramic
The concrete parts are installed in a residential and commercial tower (above center and below) on the site of the Domino Sugar Factory along the waterfront in Brooklyn. Windows in the tower resemble sugar crystals. (Image credit: Gate Precast)
T2 Touchpoint — March 20, 2019
Photo credit: Marble Street Studio
The Army and Lockheed Martin Corporation announced a cooperative agreement to spur scientific research in the area of self-assembly of nanostructures for tunable materials. (Photo credit: Conrad Johnson)
2019 FLC National and Regional Officer Candidates Announced
Abigail Shearrow, research engineer in the Schuster Lab at the University of Chicago, works in the Pritzker Nanofabrication Facility in the basement of the University’s William Eckhardt Research Center. (Photo credit: University of Chicago, John Zich)
Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. Wilson speaks to a crowd of small businesses, venture capitalists, and airmen during the inaugural Air Force Pitch Day in New York, March 7, 2019. Air Force Pitch Day is designed as a fast-track program to put companies on one-page contracts and same-day awards with the swipe of a government credit card. The Air Force is partnering with small businesses to further national security in air, space and cyberspace. (Photo credit: Tech Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.)
Rebecca Polito, APT Center; Graphic credit: Grace Gongaware
A Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) researcher adjusts a high-speed video camera to evaluate energetic material responses to electrostatic discharge. (Photo credit: TSL)