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Sandia Develops Hand-Held Chemical, Biological Detectors
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico have developed several hand-held systems to detect chemical and biological weapons agents, officials announced yesterday (see GSN, Jan. 3).
The systems include a stationary gas detection system that is currently deployed in the Boston subway system and a hand-held detection unit that has been tested against nerve and blister agents at the Nevada Test Site.
Sandia is displaying the systems at the MicroTAS 2003 conference in California and laboratory officials are looking for commercial partners to develop the products.
“Our traditional government sponsors fund (research and development) activities, not product development or commercialization,” said Jill Micheau, a business development official at Sandia. “To assure that our ChemLab technologies successfully transition from the laboratory to the market, we are seeking industry partners to provide capital and expertise,” she added (Sandia National Laboratories release, Oct. 7).
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