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From pharmaceuticals and stimulants to industrial chemicals like pesticides and plastic components, the number of contaminants in waste, surface, and groundwater is increasing astronomically. As the hazardous limits of some of these toxins are as low as the 1 part-per-trillion (ppt) range, very sensitive analytical techniques are required. A variety of techniques exist, but they are expensive, lab ...

In the US, an estimated one third of food is wasted at the household level resulting in significant environmental impact—total greenhouse gas emissions of US food waste are estimated to be 70 million MTCO2e. While food waste is generated at all stages of the food supply chain over 50% of all food waste is generated at the consumption stage, the majority of which occurs within households. Often, ...

Low-cost systems operating at video rates within W-band have remained elusive – especially for stand-off and remote applications. Real time video rate imaging requires parallel detection modalities that traditionally led to high costs and calibration challenges. Substantial advances in low-cost packaging and chip-level integration driven by commercial millimeter-wave applications can now be appl ...

Triton Systems and its partners propose to design and develop a novel chemical barrier elastomer, that does not contain fluorine, for use in CBRN protective ensembles for hazardous materials because current fluorine containing materials are required to be reduced and eventually eliminated for environmental reasons. In Phase I, we will design and fabricate nanocomposite elastomers with enhanced res ...

FTL Labs Corporation, together with collaborators at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Massachusetts professor Dr. Evangelos Kalogerakis, proposes a powerful new system for automatic 3D building model synthesis. FTL's “FRAMER” (Fast Reconstruction of Architectural Models from Existing Resources) system is designed to be flexible, fast, and accurate. It combin ...

CBD seeks a solution that can improve the speed and automation of the processing workflow to generate inputs for use with CONTAM and other aligned tools such as extended reality (XR) platforms. The analytical focus is on assessing the transport and dispersion (T&D) of airborne contaminants and associating these with other risks and predictions for what is generally termed “Multizone Airflow and ...

Recent efforts to improve treatment for nerve agent poisoning include the development of a scopolamine hydrobromide injectable as an anticholinergic. A scopolamine injectable would add an extremely beneficial capability to the warfighter kit, however, incorporation of single-use vials represents a substantial logistical burden in the field. Co-formulation of the scopolamine injectable with a suita ...

Because of its high specificity, Raman spectroscopy has proven to be a reliable, field-deployable detection technique for assessing chemical threats such as chemical warfare and biological agents, energetic materials, and illicit narcotics. DOD and DHS utilize various portable Raman systems in sensitive site exploitation, checkpoint scenarios, and for screening potential hazardous content on surfa ...

We are on the path to an extreme freshwater shortage and one of the US’s largest water consumers is cooling towers used in various applications such as HVAC for large buildings, power plants, data centers, and various industrial processes. In cooling towers, water is evaporated to provide cooling. The vapor is released into the atmosphere and typically forms a visible condensation plume as it mi ...

Triangle Environmental proposes a compact, modular system for rapid, fully-automated treatment of domestic greywater for non-potable onsite reuse. There is an expected 40% global shortfall between supply and demand of water by 2030. The current standard of household water use, in which potable water is used for all applications, is therefore unsustainable. Alternate water sources can be used for a ...