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Gaithersburg startup nabs first grant from new partnership
A Gaithersburg startup sees small aerial drones as a big business opportunity, and it believes its light-detection sensors will make commercial drones a cheaper alternative to manned aerial surveying. Now, […]
Officer charged after meth explosion at federal lab in Md.
WASHINGTON — A former federal police officer was charged with trying to make methamphetamine in a federal laboratory that exploded last month, injuring the ex-officer. Christopher Bartley, 41, was charged […]
Possible drug-related blast investigated at Md. federal lab
GAITHERSBURG — Police are trying to determine whether an explosion inside a Maryland federal laboratory that injured one person was the result of an effort to make drugs. National Institute […]
Report: Nuclear sites open to attack
A nuclear reactor at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg is vulnerable to terrorists making off with bomb-grade uranium, a study by the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin has found.
Cybersecurity research priorities set
Industry, government and academic cybersecurity experts convened at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg for a two-day workshop to establish a research agenda to address threats and […]
Editorial: Cyber center is needed boost
Maryland has taken another step toward its goal of establishing itself as a national focal point of cyber security activity with the announcement of plans to create the National Cyber […]
Week in review – 2/24/12: Grand Prix deal gets OK
Grand Prix deal gets OK Baltimore’s Board of Estimates voted 3-2 Wednesday to approve a contract with Downforce Racing LLC for the right to run the Baltimore Grand Prix for the […]
Cyber security center coming to Montgomery County
GAITHERSBURG — In an effort to fight what Sen. Barbara Mikulski described as the “new enduring war” against “hate-hackers,” Maryland officials announced Thursday a plan to create the National Cyber […]
Maryland, MoCo to work with NIST on cybersecurity center
GAITHERSBURG — Maryland and Montgomery County have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Lt. Gov. […]
Leonard named an examiner for Baldrige quality award
Steven Leonard, vice president of operations optimization and innovation at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, in Salisbury, has been appointed by the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology […]
Germantown-based Earth Networks, NIST team on greenhouse gases
GERMANTOWN — WeatherBug operator Earth Networks says it will work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop a prototype of its proposed greenhouse gas monitoring network. The […]
O’Malley hosts forums to prepare for second term
GAITHERSBURG — With weeks left in his first term, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is hosting a series of forums as he shapes his administration’s priorities in his second four years […]
