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An analytical technique – known as Droplet™ Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (ddPCR) – that was developed by LLNL scientists and engineers, has garnered an Impact Award from the Federal Laboratory Consortium. The technology has been commercialized by Bio-Rad Laboratories.
Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and their colleagues who help them commercialize technologies have won three national technology transfer awards this year.
The trio of awards, from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC), represent the most national awards that LLNL has ever won in one year’s competition over the past 36 years.
Two of the awards will be given for technologies to assist in the fight against COVID-19. One employs polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology to diagnose the SARS-CoV-2 virus (the virus associated with COVID-19) and the other is a mechanical ventilator easily built from readily available parts to assist those suffering from Acute Respiratory
By Cheryl Durgans
Yellow Springers will soon be asked to support efforts to either build a new school or improve the structures that are already in place through a new school levy. Up until three years ago, a school levy passing in Yellow Springs had been a no-brainer for several generations.
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R. Michael Triplett died suddenly at home March 1, 2021. He was born Oct. 23, 1951, to Normal and Mildred Taylor Triplett in Dayton, Ohio. As there were several uncles and cousins named “Robert” and “Bob,” he was known in the family as Michael his wife, Thaddene Triplett, didn’t even know his first name was “Robert” until several months after they started dating.
He grew up in Fairborn and graduated from Fairborn High School in 1969. He was a Millwright at Inland Manufacturing-GM later Delphi Products in Vandalia and a crane safety trainer until his retirement in 2001. He attended Wilmington College, then used his GM Education Benefit to attend Shimer College, a Great Books program in Mt. Carroll, Ill., where he and Thaddene met. He then attended Wright State University, where he earned his BA in social and industrial communications, minoring in classics, in 1991, and later earned his master’s degree in human resources counseling. He pursued a course of study i
The popular Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory s lecture series for middle and high school students, Science on Saturday, is going virtual this year with the theme âCombating COVID-19.â
The free, online lectures, featuring leading LLNL researchers joined by Bay Area science teachers, are scheduled for 10 a.m., on four consecutive Saturdays, beginning Feb. 6.
Each of the lectures will address a difference aspect of the scientific effort to combat the coronavirus.
Feb. 6 - âMolecular Diagnostics in the Age of COVID: Designing a Portable Point-of-Care Device.â Presented by LLNL scientists Larry Dugan and Michael Triplett, joined by Tracy High School teacher Erin McKay, the lecture will provide an overview of how viruses infect a host leading to disease, the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, the laboratoryâs previous work in molecular diagnostics, and efforts to develop a point-of-care device for use in a clinical setting.
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Bill would nullify ordinances on housing vouchers in 3 Iowa cities
Julian Garrett
A Senate committee has approved a bill to ban city ordinances that prevent landlords from rejecting potential tenants if they’re paying rent with federal housing vouchers.
Senator Julian Garrett, a Republican from Indianola, said ordinances in Des Moines, Iowa City and Marion are forcing landlords to rent to Iowans who receive so-called “Section 8” vouchers.
“Part of the idea is if you’re investing money in housing, you should have discretion on how you rent that housing out,” Garrett said during committee debate of the bill.