The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has asked industry to submit field portable drug detection technologies as part of a collaborative effort with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to enhance the monitoring of synthetic opioids in the U.S.
Read More »DOE’s Pacific Northwest Nat’l Lab Taps Verizon for 5G Network Services
A Verizon business unit has partnered with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to install the former’s 5G network into the Department of Energy lab to assess potential 5G applications in analytics and public safety operations.
Read More »Pacific Northwest National Lab Adopts AWS Cloud to Build Image Similarity Tool; Ralph Perko Quoted
An Amazon Web Services blog post published Wednesday examines how the Washington-based Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has facilitated the development of an image similarity platform for national security missions through cloud adoption.
Read More »TSPi to Integrate Checkmarx Software Security Tester at DOE National Laboratory
Technology Solutions Provider Inc., a supplier of Checkmarx products, has received a multi-year contract to integrate the latter's software security system for the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. TSPi will implement the Checkmarx-made Static Application Security Testing and Open Source Analysis platforms in the laboratory's software development life cycle, Checkmarx said Tuesday.
Read More »Energy Department Launches Electrical Grid Modernization Competition; Sec. Rick Perry Quoted
The Energy Department has started administering a competition that gathers developers to accelerate the distribution of power across the American electricity grid. In the first phase of the Grid Optimization Competition, participants are tasked to develop and assess their own algorithms on mock power system models in an effort to …
Read More »DOE Taps Guardtime, Siemens to Help Develop Blockchain Tech for Energy Grid Security
Guardtime and Siemens are part of a team that received a multimillion dollar contract from the Energy Department to develop a blockchain-based technology platform that will work to help secure U.S. energy grid from emerging cyber threats. Both companies will also work with DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Labs, Washington State University, Tennessee Valley Authority and …
Read More »Ceres Power, Cummins to Build Data Center Fuel Cell Tech Under DOE Contract
Cummins and Ceres Power will collaborate to develop fuel cell power generation technology for potential use in data centers under a $4.9 million contract awarded by the Energy Department. The partnership seeks to create a modular solid oxide fuel cell system in efforts to increase the efficiency of electrical systems by at least 60 percent and support distributed power applications up to 100 kilowatts, Ceres …
Read More »Battelle Vet Robert Quinn Named SCRA Executive Director; Bill Blume Comments
Robert Quinn, managing director of technology commercialization and advisory services at Battelle subsidiary 360ip, will join South Carolina-based applied research company SCRA on Aug. 1 as executive director. He will bring his knowledge of the technology development, commercialization and transfer processes to his new position, SCRA said Friday. Quinn said he aims to help the state-chartered company drive innovation partnerships between …
Read More »Mellanox, DOE Lab to Collaborate on Exascale Computing Tech Design
Mellanox Technologies and the Energy Department‘s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have entered into a partnership agreement to design and architect exascale computing technologies. PNNL and Mellanox seek to explore advanced functions of the company’s Interconnect platform as well as develop a new in-network computing architecture, Mellanox said Monday. The partnership will also support efforts of Mellanox and DOE’s Center …
Read More »DOE Exploratory License to Let Firms Test-Drive Pacific Northwest National Lab Tech
The Energy Department has launched an exploratory licensing program to allow companies to test-drive technologies at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory before they apply for a full license. Under the new commercialization option, companies will sign an agreement and pay $1,000 to assess a technology for six months in order …
Read More »Tri-City Herald: DOE to Extend Pacific NW Laboratory Operations Contract with Battelle
The Energy Department has opted to extend its contract with Battelle for an additional five years to to operate the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and will not hold a competition for a contract to help run PNNL, Tri-City Herald reported Friday. Annette Cary writes that the current contract will expire in September 2017 and …
Read More »Government Lab Hit by Cyber Attack
The government’s research and development facility, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, was forced to shut down Internet access after suffering a cyber attack, according to Reuters. “PNNL is experiencing an Internet outage due to a cyber attack,” the laboratory said in a voice mail message at the lab’s office of public …
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