Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 05.24.2016
Harvard University principal investigator Professor Federico Capasso, one of the inventors of the quantum cascade lasers (QCLs), and Harvard researcher, Dr. Patrick Rauter, report recent progress in the development of multi-wavelength QCL arrays citing significant extensions in lengths. This recent Defense Threat Reduction Agency-funded research program highlighted impressive scientific......
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 04.29.2016
Exposure to a chemical or biological agent poses serious risks to warfighters. Accurately modelling the trajectory patterns of chemical and biological warfare agents is critical to ensure the safety of our combat forces....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 04.29.2016
There have been 24 Ebola outbreaks since 1976 though none as deadly as the recent West African epidemic. New research conducted by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Science and Technology Office, uses neutralizing antibodies to reduce mortality rates in Ebola infected animals. This research could inspire medical countermeasures to better protect warfighters, civilians and......
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 04.29.2016
Blueprints are critical for success when building infrastructure, whether constructing a skyscraper or software system. Creating a blueprint of how to better protect warfighters led the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to fund a software tool that can quickly model how harmful agents affect warfighter shelters and equipment during a chemical or biological attack....
