Lightening the Load
A better understanding of the sensing and biocidal characteristics could soon translate to a lighter, more protective uniform for warfighters facing biological threats. The Defense Threat Reduction...
View ArticleC’mon In! The Water’s Threat-Free!
A team of researchers at the U. S. Naval Academy, managed by DTRA CB/JSTO’s Dr. Brian Pate, found that the power of the sun can go a long way in degrading explosives that could be in unexploded...
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Using Hydrazine as a Fuel Source
Tiny motors that move antidotes to deadly chemical and biological agents throughout the body need even tinier fuel sources. A team of researchers managed by DTRA CB/JSTO’s Dr. Brian Pate, including Wei...
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Better Chemical and Biological Threat Sensing
New work spearheaded at the country’s military academies is revealing better ways to sense and counter chemical and biological threats to warfighters. Molecular structure of...
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Dust It Off: Using Science to Keep the Military Clean
Warfighters in the field are constantly struggling to keep out dust, dirt and germs from their weapons, personal effects and even their own bodies. Although those in the field might not be able to keep...
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Self-Powered Micropumps Open Door to Power-Free Diagnostics
New micropumps could use the body’s own chemistry as their power supply. Researchers, managed by DTRA CB/ JSTO’s Dr. Brian Pate, including Dr. Ayusman Sen of Penn State University, published their...
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Breaking Through the Blood Brain Barrier
Warfighters may be better protected from neurotoxic exposure to chemical and biological threats through a more sophisticated system of transporting countermeasures through the human blood-brain barrier...
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