Welcome to the spring 2010 issue of the Northeast Region newsletter. In addition to updating what's going on in our laboratories, we are also spotlighting our 2010 FLC award winners: the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center; U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center; and Dr. Theresa Baus of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport. Read more

Northeast Region Honored with 2010 National FLC Awards

The winners of the 2010 FLC awards were recently announced, with three of the awards going to Northeast Region laboratories. The FLC awards program honors outstanding technology transfer achievements of member laboratories from its six regions. The awards will be presented on April 29 at a ceremony during the national meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Read more

Northeast Regional Spring Meeting Recap

The Northeast Region recently held its spring 2010 meeting in West Point, New York. Attended by representatives from member laboratories and industries in the region, the two-day meeting provided an opportunity to get an update on laboratory happenings, as well as information on how to maximize technology transfer. Read more

Scientists Get Funding to Design Anti-Botulism Drugs

Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), in collaboration with researchers at Stony Brook University's Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (ICB&DD), were selected to receive up to $1.4 million in applied research funds from the Department of Defense's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to develop drugs that block the paralytic and deadly effects of botulinum neurotoxins. Read more

GFDL Study Suggests Doubling of Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes This Century

A team of scientists from NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) used a unique downscaling approach to model hurricane activity through the end of the 21st century, and their results produce nearly a doubling of the frequency of category 4 and 5 storms. Read more

Scientists studying Hudson Canyon off the coast of New Jersey, one of the largest underwater canyons in the world, have found evidence of deepwater corals and crater-like depressions that may be methane gas blowouts, not seen before on the northeastern U.S. continental margin. Extensive burrowing by golden tilefish, a commercially valuable fish typically found in submarine canyons, was also observed. Read more