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Homeland Security awards phase II for SORDS tech
07/10/08 - UPI.com
Raytheon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bubble Technology Industries, Radiation Monitoring Devices and Draper Laboratory along with scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan have been contracted by the U.S. Homeland Security Department for development work on the Stand-Off Radiation Detection System.
Dynasil Completes $20 Million Acquisition of RMD Instruments
07/02/08 - Press Release
Novel PET/MRI Scanner Expands Cancer and Drug Studies
05/28/08 - National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
"As the medical community begins to embrace the concept of personalized medicine – a tailoring of therapeutic treatments to an individual – new tools are needed to monitor how the body responds to both disease and treatment. One such tool, positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography (PET/CT), is gaining wider acceptance in clinical settings because of its ability to pinpoint and assess cancer, heart disease, and brain disorders."
$2.9 Million to Develop a Stand-Off Radiation Detection System
12/19/07 - Mass High Tech
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a contract for the development of a Stand-Off Radiation Detection System (SORDS) to a research group which includes Radiation Monitoring Devices (RMD), Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bubble Technology Industries, Draper Laboratory and experts from MIT and the University of Michigan. This is the first of a four-phase program to develop advanced nuclear detectors that can determine the type and location of radiation sources at much greater distances than current technologies.

Red Cross testing toys for lead paint
12/14/07 - Daily News/Tribune
"RMD was founded in part to detect lead-based paints in homes for safety reasons.... They've been diligent in protecting children throughout the world for 14 years."

State rep wants lead banned from toys
12/11/07 - MetroWest Daily News
Commission to study banning the sale and distribution in Massachusetts of toys and children's jewelry with harmful levels of lead.
How to test your toys for LEAD
12/04/07 - The Post-Standard
Use of XRF device brings a bit of high-technology to parents' battle to keep their children safe in light of a rash of recalls of child-related products, many of which contain lead.

VC-Owned firms push to regain access to grants
07/24/06 - Buffalo BusinessFirst
Congress debates new rules for SBIR program.

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