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This webinar discussed recent developments in computational power, communication capabilities, and microfluidics that together have advanced the state of biological agent threat detection and identification technology. Presented by Dr. R. Cory Bernhards, Research Microbiologist for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Edgewood Chemical Biological Center.

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ALTERNATIVE ENERGYSodium- and Potassium-Based Batter-ies Could be Key for Smart Grid of the Future“Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found new evidence suggesting that batteries based on sodium and potassium hold promise as a potential alternative to lithium-based batteries.”

New Material for Splitting Water“Solar energy is clean and abundant, but when the sun isn’t shining, you must store the energy in bat-teries or through a process called photocatalysis. In photocatalytic water splitting, sunlight separates water into hydrogen and oxygen, which can then be recombined in a fuel cell to release energy. Now, a new class of materials -- halide double perovskites -- may have just the right properties to split water.”

BIOMETRICSApple Patent Application Describes Gaze Tracking System with Facial Rec-ognition“The system described involves the input-output circuitry of a computer or television gathering point-of-gaze information, vergence information, and head position information, and possibly applying facial recognition.”

New 3D Imaging Technologies for Smartphone Facial Recognition Un-veiled“Vivo has unveiled a time-of-flight (TOF) technology based on information captured with 300,000 sensor points, which it says are ten times as many as exist-ing Structured Light Technology, such as that used in Apple’s Face ID.”

CBRN DEFENSEEnhanced Detection of Nucle-ar Events Thanks to Deep Learning“A deep neural network running on an ordinary desktop computer is interpreting highly techni-cal data related to national security as well as — and sometimes better than — today’s best automated methods or even human experts.”

Detecting Chemical Weapons with Legos“A simple rig consisting of a smartphone and a box made from Lego bricks could help first responders and researchers in austere environments identify nerve agents such as VX and sarin. The device uses affordable, accessible materials to make a chemi-cal sensor based on florescence, using a compound which generates different colors to signal which of several nerve agents are present and how much.”

CULTURAL STUDIESMozambique’s Own Version of Boko Haram is Tightening Its Deadly Grip“Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province is being held to ransom by an Islamist guerrilla movement. After months of skirmishes between police and members of the Al Sunnah wa Jama’ah, the region has now erupted into full violence.”

Climate Change Will Soon Hit Billions of People, and Many Cities are Taking Action“By mid-century, billions of people in thousands of cities around the world will be at risk from cli-mate-related heat waves, droughts, flooding, food shortages and energy blackouts, but many cities are already taking action to blunt such effects, says a new report from a consortium of international organizations.”

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTIONQuantum Step Forward in Protecting Communications from Hackers“Researchers have shown that a new quan-tum-based procedure for distributing secure information along communication lines could be successful in preventing serious security breaches.”

How Microgrids could Boost Resil-ience in New Orleans“Researchers at Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories teamed up with the City of New Orle-ans to analyze ways to increase community resil-ience and improve the availability of critical lifeline services during and after severe weather.”

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HOMELAND DEFENSE AND SECURITY‘Stealth’ Material Hides Hot Objects from Infrared Eyes“Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets even in the dead of night or through heavy fog. Hiding from such de-tectors could become much easier, thanks to a new cloaking material that renders objects -- and people -- practically invisible.”

Drones Could be Used to Detect Dan-gerous “Butterfly” Landmines“Drones could be used to detect dangerous “but-terfly” landmines in remote regions of post-conflict countries, according to new research from Bing-hamton University, State University at New York.”

MEDICALE-whiskers May be Touchstone for Fu-ture of E-Skin“Intrigued by the hairs’ versatility, University of Texas at Dallas researchers used shape-memory polymers to create artificial, electronic versions called e-whiskers, which mimic the properties of the real thing. The hair-like structures are a significant advancement toward engineering electronic human skin, according to the researchers who assembled them.”

New ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic Hands“Amputees often experience the sensation of a “phantom limb”—a feeling that a missing body part is still there. That sensory illusion is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a team of engineers at the Johns Hopkins University that has created an electronic skin. When layered on top of prosthetic hands, this e-dermis brings back a real sense of touch through the fingertips.”

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD)Navy Contracts for Submarine Ballistic Missile Re-Entry Systems“Southern Research Institute has been awarded a contract for thermo-mechanical and aero-thermal ground testing of thermal protection system mate-rials in ballistic re-entry and re-entry-like environ-ments. The contract enables the Southern Re-search Institute to conduct ground testing of thermal protection and system materials, and produce flight

hardware for submarine-launched ballistic missile, or SLBM, re-entry systems.”

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