
The Nuclear Security Technologies (NST) portfolio in ONHS includes projects related to the identification, detection, and characterization of radioactive materials using a variety of innovative methods. This includes detector design and simulation, data fusion, AI/ML methods, and more.

Chemical and biological technologies within ONHS cover a wide gamut of science and innovation to support and advance our national security priorities. While this is a mobile interface—constantly refined and refocused based on current interests and needs—our architecture is largely focused around four specific areas of relevance: 1) emerging biological technologies and associated biosecurity; 2) data in the biological sciences; 3) biosecurity at the interface of ecology and the environment; and 4) biopreparedness for health security. Our efforts take advantage of the wide array of innovative science and state-of-the-art chemical and biotechnology capabilities at our laboratory to impact, direct, advance, and address challenges associated with each of the above areas of science.

As threats to national security evolve, we strive to offer solutions to all problems that do not fit into traditional NST and Chemical and Biological Security (CBT) domains. This research area includes fields such as quantum sensing, data science, quantum information science, cyber security, climate change, and more.