2009 Snapshot Archives
- Boston's Big Sniff (December 9, 2009): Researchers collect data during a study on airflow in Boston's subway system (Chemical & Biological)
- If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Off the Bus! (November 25, 2009): Forensic camera to be utilized on public transportation tested (Explosives)
- Mean Old Levee: Homeland Security's Levee PLUGS Pass a Second Test (November 17, 2009): Levee breach plug technology tested by the Department (Infrastructure & Geophysical)
- The Beginning of the End of the Single-Band Radio for Public Safety (October 20, 2009): Radio technology that lets first responders talk to each other across difference bands will allow departments to improve emergency service and save money (Command, Control & Interoperability)
- What in Blazes is Going On? (October 13, 2009): Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology sends Ph.D. fireman to help firefighters seek—and get—tougher, safer gear (First Responders)
- Put a Plug In It! The Super-Duper Plugger-Upper Just Got Better (September 14, 2009): Pressurized testing of tunnel plugs (Infrastructure & Geophysical)
- Powering American Cities in the New Century (August 7, 2009): Superconducting cables will mean a more powerful, more resilient electric grid (Infrastructure & Geophysical)
- Tunnel Vision (June 26, 2009): Department scientists want to help Border Patrol agents find tunnels with ground penetrating radar technology (Borders & Maritime)
- To Boldly Go Where No Medical Response Has Gone Before (May 20, 2009): Technology to capture a disaster victim’s vital signs from up to 40 feet away (First Responders)
- Cerebral Melodies (April 22, 2009): Improving emergency response through music (Human Factors)
- Success Strewn Amidst the Wreckage (April 17, 2009): Inexpensive memory chips inside new forensic cameras for mass transit protection survive a massive explosion (Explosives)
- Reap What You Search (April 8, 2009): Department of Homeland Security software seeks to harvest Department of Energy research (Laboratory Research)
- Toxic Chemical Spilled in Los Angeles, but the expert is in Los Alamos? No problem! (March 18, 2009): A new detection system beams readings from the hot zone to scientists around the world (Chemical & Biological)
- Lights, Camera, Ka-Boom! (March 5, 2009): Inexpensive, lightweight bomb-proof cameras may help protect mass transit (Explosives)
- Lost in Digital Translation (February 25, 2009): To improve firefighters' radios, recording garbled speech is the first step toward clearing it up. (Command, Control & Interoperability)
- Science Aids Hudson Rescue Workers (February 13, 2009): Underwater sensors used in response and recovery of US Airways Flight 1549 (Borders & Maritime)
- Good Liquid, Bad Liquid (February 5, 2009): Los Alamos scientists successfully test system that detects potentially explosive liquids, gels, and lotions (Explosives)