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LIVERMORE, Calif. - The Defense Threat Reduction Agency congratulates Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on winning five R&D 100 awards, including one award for a project supported by DTRA/SCC-WMD, the outcome of which could provide groundbreaking assistance in fighting bioterrorism.
DTRA facilitated the partnership between the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) and LLNL that allowed PFPA to gain insights into the Pentagon’s biological detections systems that were never before achievable.
Using LLNL’s safe and versatile material, known as DNA Tagged Reagents for Aerosol Experiments (DNATrax), scientists were able to rapidly and reliably diagnose airflow patterns and problems in both indoor and outdoor venues.
Until DNATrax particles were developed, no rapid or safe way existed to validate air transport models with realistic particles in the range of 1–10 microns.
Possible applications for the new material are indoor air quality detection for homes, offices, ships and airplanes, urban particulate tracking for subway stations, train stations and convention centers, environmental release tracking, and oil and gas uses, including fracking, to better track fluid flow.
The R&D 100 awards recognize excellence across a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, optics, high-energy physics, materials, chemistry and biotechnology. An independent judging panel selects the 100 most technologically-significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year.
| Date Taken: | 07.08.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 08.08.2013 13:38 |
| Story ID: | 111584 |
| Location: | LIVERMORE, CA, US |
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