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Apr 23, 2020

Study Shows Sense of Touch can be Returned to Those with Spinal Cord Injury

The lack of sensation that accompanies paralysis is an additional burden that has, until now, been a problem that science has not been able to remedy. For the first time, a team of scientists, doctors and researchers led by Battelle and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have demonstrated that a person with a clinically complete spinal cord injury (SCI) can use a brain-computer interface (BCI) to simultaneously reanimate both motor function and sense of touch by using residual touch signaling from his own hand.

Apr 29, 2020

Alabama High School Student Names NASA’s Mars Helicopter

Destined to become the first aircraft to attempt powered flight on another planet, NASA's Mars Helicopter officially has received a new name: Ingenuity.

May 12, 2020

Air Force Personnel Visit Battelle’s Washington D.C Mask Critical Care Decontamination System™

A team of United States Air Force Acquisition personnel got a close-up look at Battelle’s Critical Care Decontamination System™ (CCDS) in Washington D.C. May 5.

May 21, 2020

Satya Chauhan Named Battelle Inventor of the Year

Battelle has honored Satya Chauhan as its Inventor of the Year and Kavitha Dasu as its most recent Emerging Scientist.

May 22, 2020

Ohio Schools Earn State STEM/STEAM Designation

Ten new Ohio schools received STEM/STEAM School Designation. The Ohio STEM Committee approved applications for schools that implement best practices in STEM and STEAM education. STEM education encompasses a culture of inquiry, entrepreneurialism, problem solving, problem-based learning, and connections to the real-world. STEAM education expands this idea with a focus on the arts.

Jun 17, 2020

Battelle Wins NSF Funding to Track Viruses in Wastewater

A Battelle team of researchers will test wastewater in Toledo for the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19 as well as other viral pathogens that will help pinpoint specific neighborhoods that are hotspots for viral outbreaks.

Jun 22, 2020

Research Shows Virus Undetectable on Five Highly Circulated Library Materials After Three Days

In the first phase of a project to develop and disseminate science-based information about how materials can be handled to mitigate exposure to staff and visitors, scientists have found that the virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 is not detectable on five common library materials after three days.

Jun 25, 2020

Battelle Awarded Contract to Enable Arctic Research

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Battelle the Arctic Research Support and Logistics Services contract. On this 10-year, $260 million contract, Battelle and its partners will provide infrastructure and logistics support to academic researchers conducting NSF-funded studies in Alaska, Greenland, Canada and other Arctic areas.

Jul 01, 2021

Battelle Backs Social Organizations Striving for Improved Society

Battelle has directed philanthropic giving to the Columbus Urban League, Equal Justice Initiative and United Negro College Fund in the form of $100,000 gifts to each.

Jul 15, 2020

Battelle Donates $1 million to Advance STEM Education in The Mid-Columbia

Battelle President and CEO Lou Von Thaer announced today that Battelle is donating $1 million to the Washington State STEM Education Foundation to advance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the Tri-Citi

Aug 12, 2020

Battelle Supporting EPA in Testing Pandemic Virus Surface Disinfectants

Battelle researchers are working three new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) projects to determine how long the virus that causes COVID-19 lives on a variety of surfaces and what available disinfecting products are effective.

Aug 27, 2020

Battelle Team Wins $16.6 million in Contract Awards for Microelectronics Security from Air Force Research Laboratory

To assist the Department of Defense as it pivots from a Trusted Foundry approach to a Zero Trust architecture in production of critical microelectronic components, Battelle continues its work developing and validating quantifiable assurance tools and processes; thereby, mitigating the threat of counterfeit and untrustworthy integrated circuits and embedded systems in the military’s supply chain. This program further enables Battelle to partner with government and industry in developing and transitioning the underpinning technologies for quantifiable assurance of microsystems.

Oct 12, 2020

OSU Wexner Medical Center, Battelle Open Door to Using Neurotechnology at Home

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has secured $800,000 in grants to develop with Battelle's NeuroLife Interface Technology for home use. This breakthrough technology will allow people with Spinal Cord Injuries to regain immediate, impactful hand movements as well as connect to the “Internet of Things” that they might want to control in their home.

Oct 13, 2020

NASA to Fund Study of Tree Canopy Impact on Remote Sensing Measurements

NASA has announced it will fund a three-year collaborative project to investigate how the chemical properties of leaves and tree canopy structures affect remote sensing observations. The research, backed by NASA’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science program, will be led by scientists from Battelle, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of New Hampshire using data from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) program.

Oct 20, 2020

Battelle and Faurecia Ink Technology Licensing Deal

Battelle, the world’s largest non-profit research and development organization has licensed an internally developed innovative material technology to global automotive technology leader Faurecia.

Nov 10, 2020

Battelle Awarded $46.3 Million Contract to Support Manufacturing of Materials for Extreme Hypersonic Environments

Battelle has won a potential 7 year, $46.3 million contract to help the Department of Defense support the manufacture of thermal protection materials that can withstand extreme hypersonic environments.

Dec 15, 2020

Battelle Neuro Team Advances to Phase II of DARPA N3 Program

A Battelle team of researchers has received funding to continue work on the second of a three-phase Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program called Next-Generation Nonsurgical Neurotechnology (N3).

Dec 22, 2020

Department of Energy selects Battelle Savannah River Alliance for $3.8 billion contract to manage Savannah River National Laboratory

The Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BRSA) Team was selected by the Department of Energy to manage one of the country’s premier environmental, energy, and national security research facilities—the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL).

Jan 25, 2021

Mark Peters Assumes Lab Operations Leadership Role for Battelle

Battelle announced today that Mark Peters has assumed the role of Executive Vice President of Laboratory Operations. Peters served as Laboratory Director at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) since October 2015.

Feb 11, 2021

Department of Energy Authorizes Battelle Savannah River Alliance to Begin Transition to Manage Savannah River National Laboratory

The Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BRSA) team has received a Notice to Proceed with Transition after it was selected by the Department of Energy in December to manage one of the country’s premier environmental, energy, and national security research facilities—the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL).