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DARPA, the Pentagon's research agency, has launched the new Atmospheric Water Extraction (AWE) program to deliver drinking water to troops in dry, arid environments by extracting it from the air. AWE will strive to develop technology for both the individual soldier, as well as for a company of roughly 150 troops. (Courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps and Staff Sgt. Daniel Wetzel.)
Crisis Responders

Drinking Water for Deployed Troops, on Demand and from Air

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“The human body is amazingly resilient. Every one of our cells already contains genes that encode for some level of resistance to specific health threats, but those built-in defenses can’t always express quickly or robustly enough to be effective,” said Renee Wegrzyn, the PREPARE program manager. “PREPARE will study how to support this innate resistance by giving it a temporary boost, either before or after exposure, without any permanent edits to the genome.” (Courtesy of YouTube)
Disaster Prevention

DARPA: Dialing Up the Body’s Defenses Against Health Threats

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