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COVID SCIENCE-Simulated Sunlight Inactivates Coronavirus

May 22, 2020/in Operations/by webmaster

Reuters| Friday | May 22, 2020

Simulated sunlight inactivates the coronavirus on surfaces

Simulated sunlight rapidly inactivates the novel coronavirus on non-porous surfaces like stainless steel, according to researchers from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC). “These results suggest that natural sunlight may be effective for significantly reducing the amount of virus on exposed surfaces, such as mailboxes, playground equipment, and shopping carts left outdoors in the sunlight,” a spokesman for the researchers told Reuters.
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Sunlight Kills Coronavirus Quickly, Says Top DHS Official

April 24, 2020/in Operations/by webmaster

Newsweek| Monday | April 20, 2020

Coronavirus can be destroyed by ultraviolet rays from the sun, a top U.S. official announced at a briefing from the White House coronavirus task force Thursday. William Bryan, science and technology advisor to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, said in a press briefing that sunlight has a significant impact on the pathogen.

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DHS Initiating Crucial Research to Mitigate COVID-19

March 25, 2020/in corporate/by webmaster

Washington, DC| Wednesday | March 25, 2020

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is conducting ongoing research that will help scientists better understand the coronavirus that causes the disease known as COVID-19, and methods to prevent its spread. In the Trump Administration’s whole of government effort, this work is being done at the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) laboratory in cooperation with the DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office.

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Challenging the Glo-Germ Technique for Aerosol Containment During Cell Sorting

July 25, 2019/in corporate, Operations/by webmaster

Frederick, MD | Wednesday | July 25, 2019

The containment of high-pressured biological sample streams generated by flow cytometer cell sorters is biologically imperative; the risk of exposure to (potentially) infectious agents must be mitigated. Subsequently, evaluating levels of aerosol containment are imperative for biosafety assurance.

A team of researchers from the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) have developed a robust assay to determine cell sorter aerosol containment…

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Battelle, FCPS Announce $50,000 in Challenge Grants

May 22, 2019/in Community, corporate/by webmaster

Frederick, MD | Wednesday | May 22, 2019

The Battelle National Biodefense Institute and Frederick County Public Schools awarded $50,000 in science, technology, engineering and math challenge grants Wednesday.

During the monthlong open competition, teachers from 21 elementary, middle and high schools developed and submitted 26 STEM grant proposals. Of those…

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Surprising Research Funded by the National Science Foundation, Which May lose $1 Billion

March 13, 2019/in corporate/by webmaster

Frederick, MD | Wednesday | March 13, 2019

Protecting the U.S. from bioterrorism
The Department of Homeland Security isn’t widely known for its research, but it actually has its own national lab: the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center. Armed with biohazard suits and clean rooms, federally funded scientists in Maryland are tasked with figuring out which bacteria and viruses might pose a threat to this country—and figuring out how to combat them. NBACC does everything from inventing new vaccines to planning responses to potential bioterror events. In the event of an airborne viral attack, you’ll know who to thank.

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Fort Detrick Lab Assists with Identification of 4,000-year-old Mummy

April 24, 2018/in corporate, Operations/by webmaster

Frederick, MD | Tuesday | April 24, 2018

The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC), a laboratory on the grounds of Fort Detrick, has made a name for itself by analyzing thousands of pieces of evidence in FBI criminal investigations.

But in early 2017, the FBI approached the Frederick-based lab with a different sort of project — the identification of a 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy head.

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Device Delivers Speed, Accuracy in Research

May 18, 2015/in Operations/by webmaster

The Frederick News-Post | Sunday, August 12, 2012

Adam Phillippy and Sergey Koren compare their work to piecing together a complex jigsaw puzzle. Read more…

Science Olympiad: Middle School Students Descend on Frederick for Regional Competition

May 18, 2015/in Community/by webmaster

The Frederick News-Post | Sunday, February 27, 2011

More than 300 middle school students from the area competed in the Central Maryland Regional Science Olympiad on Saturday at Crestwood Middle School. Read more…

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