Collaboration among three Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies enabled rapid sharing of viral materials to accelerate the scientific and medical responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In early 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was...

A regional event conceived in 2016 by the National Cancer Institute’s Technology Transfer Center (NCI TTC) is now an annual opportunity to showcase federal technologies to prospective partners and strengthen public-private relationships that support the regional economy. TTC staff recognized the...

An analytical technique developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to combat bioterrorism is also a powerful weapon in the fight against COVID-19. The technology’s capacity for early detection, whether used for biosecurity or for pandemic response, can be the difference between life...

Through machine learning, ML-GA technology from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory can speed up the product development process, cutting months off the time it takes for products to reach consumers. In manufacturing, the traditional approach to design optimization of...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) during fiscal year 2021 released eight new varieties of dry-seed legumes for commercial use, completed a commercial license for one variety and was in the process of negotiating another. These achievements by the USDA-ARS...

Researchers in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) have discovered that the best way to protect citrus crops from a devastating disease is to let a dog follow its nose. Citrus growers in Florida and California, where citrus is a $3.35 billion industry,...

An artificial tick feeding system designed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) offers a less expensive way to study tick-borne diseases that also minimizes the number of live animals required for research. Scientists from around the world have been...

Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) partnered with a cotton farmer, a trauma dressing company and a university to develop two special types of non-woven cotton dressings that treat for bleeding control and infection prevention. The ability to...

Established in late 2016, the 59th Medical Wing (59 MDW) Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) has quickly demonstrated its commitment to collaboration, executing a total of 83 active partnership agreements before its fifth birthday. And the five-person team’s collaborative momentum...

The next generation of airport security screening is now being commercialized, thanks to an innovative collaboration that involved three federal agencies, an industry partner, and a $1.5-million crowdsourcing competition. In March 2021, Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. of Atlanta, Georgia, licensed...