The U.S. Defense Forensic Science Center has selected Battelle to aid investigators in work to determine the genetic makeup of persons of interest. Investigators will use Battelle’s ExactID genomics software to identify the traits of an individual from an unmatched DNA sample, Battelle said Wednesday. “DNA has long been considered as objective evidence and ExactID greatly […] More

Battelle and its Astrotech subsidiary partner will continue their collaboration in developing a portable mass spectrometer onto the second phase of the U.S. military’s three-phase Next Generation Chemical Detector program. Astrotech said Tuesday Battelle and 1st Detect Corp. will move forward to testing and evaluation of the latter’s prototype Multi-Sample Identifier Detector. “We are working in close collaboration with our key partner […] More

Battelle has been awarded a three-year, $25 million contract to develop mobile laboratory platforms for the Defense Department. The common analytical lab system will contain instruments designed to help service members and first responders identify and analyze chemical, biological and radiological hazards, Battelle said Monday. Battelle will perform work at the company’s Ohio, Maryland and […] More

Battelle is offering a new service that provides predictive analytics and risk mitigation functions to help companies monitor their markets and make informed business decisions amid emerging market trends. The company said Monday the SmartVision tool works to track information such as brand perception and consumer sentiment and analyze how these and emerging science can shape the marketplace and […] More

A Battelle team of scientists and engineers has demonstrated a method for producing transportation fuels from biomass through a project funded by the U.S. Energy Department. Battelle said Wednesday its mobile catalytic pyrolysis system facilitated a more than 1,200-hour continuous hydrotreatment operation to produce biofuels. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provided bio-oil stabilization catalysts for Battelle’s […] More

Battelle has developed new authentication technology that validates integrated circuits used in systems across the aerospace and defense, infrastructure, medical and other sectors and identifies cloned or counterfeit electronic components. The company said March 16 that Barricade consists of signal acquisition hardware and software that use the chip’s electrical identity signatures and an algorithm that recognizes specific classes […] More

Battelle has received a six-month, $13 million contract to continue its maintenance and operation works for the U.S. Army’s chemical and biological detection equipment. The company’s team of employees and subcontractors will repair and support the biological identification and mounted and dismounted reconnaissance equipment for the chemical and biological defense joint program executive office, Battelle […] More

Battelle, ExThera Medical and NxStage Medical have collaborated to develop a medical device for treating sepsis under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Battelle will work to review the safety and efficacy aspects of ExThera’s Seraph Microbind Affinity Blood Filter as part of the Dialysis-Like Therapeutics device program, Battelle said Wednesday. “Battelle […] More

Battelle has partnered with Rhombus Power to develop and offer platforms for detecting nuclear and radiological materials to the U.S. Defense Department. The companies plan to jointly compete for the agency’s Man Portable Radiation Detection System development program, Battelle said Thursday. Rhombus Power builds nuclear threat detectors for customers in the security, intelligence and defense […] More

Battelle and ID Quantique have formed an industry alliance group in a move to combat potential security threats posed by adversarial quantum computers. The Quantum-Safe Security Working Group will work to educate, adopt and apply quantum key distribution and post-quantum cryptography to help government agencies and enterprises protect their critical infrastructures, Battelle said Wednesday. “Forming the QSS working group will allow us […] More

A joint venture of Battelle and Stony Brook University has received a $3.2 billion contract to continue to run the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York until Jan. 4, 2020. The Energy Department awarded the five-year management and operations contract to Brookhaven Science Associates through competition, DOE said Wednesday. Brookhaven Science Associates has supported the […] More

Battelle has received more than $800,000 in federal grants from the National Institute of Justice to assess and evaluate new tools for probing DNA evidence. The company will test instruments, laboratory materials and software that forensic investigators use to obtain biological evidence based on the tools’ next-generation sequencing, Battelle said Oct. 9. “Next-generation sequencing will significantly expand our technical capabilities to support forensic […] More