An Army-funded research team has identified a new material that may lead to lightweight armor, protective coatings, blast shields and other impact-resistant structures. Researchers at the Army’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (ISN) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Caltech and...

An 800-pound dart-shaped instrument is the latest tool to map beneath the surface of levees in a partnership between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). For the first time, a regional geophysical survey will provide a full overview of...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ), together with federal partners, have launched a new website to combat the threat of ransomware. StopRansomware.gov establishes a one-stop hub for ransomware resources for individuals, businesses, and other...

Microsoft Azure has joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science and Technology Research Infrastructure for Discovery, Experimentation, and Sustainability (STRIDES) Initiative as the newest cloud service provider to support biomedical research, joining Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services...

Science leaders from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), virtually convened on July 20 to recognize a new research partnership. Together, the two institutions will address critical global challenges that hold particular...

TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced on July 19 that its Rural and Underserved Business Recovery from Impact of COVID-19 (RUBRIC) program has awarded grants to 45 Maryland companies. RUBRIC was created as an economic relief initiative designed to benefit socially...

Advanced capabilities ranging from the innovative use of artificial intelligence (AI) to state-of-the-art computer codes have won the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) its third straight round of DOE-sponsored public-private partnerships to help accelerate...

With help from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a caucus of Chicago’s metropolitan mayors on July 13 released one of the first regional climate plans in the United States. It calls for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% from 2005 levels by 2050, and...