The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate has a free newsletter, S&T Snapshots, featuring stories about current research projects and opportunities with laboratories, universities, government agencies, and the private sector.

July 2008

	From the Ground Up: Getting technologies to first responders
	Uncommon Operating Picture: A total view of the scene
	Schooled in Science: Using computers to inspire young minds

April 2008

	A Hole New Way: Busting through concrete with search-and-rescue technology (video)
	Unraveling the Net: Rethinking the roots, dynamics, and consequences of terrorism
	Hearing Hurricanes: Measuring storm strength by listening underwater (audio)
	End of the Line: A Snapshots update on the fleet of mobile chemical labs
	Common Ground: A compass to help first responders find a way out of danger

March 2008

	All Over the Map: Building artificial societies to track reality (video)
	Security from Chaos: Research to make random more random
	Reading by Numbers: Using math to help predict epidemics

January/February 2008

	Boys in the Hood: Protecting the protective services
	The Smaller, the Better: Chemical detection on the go
	Wireless Stakeout: Using smartphones to nab suspects

December 2007

	Find It and Plug It: Detecting and protecting tunnels
	Radical Research: Understanding origins of terrorism
	Show Me the Light: A Snapshots update

November 2007

	Security From on High: Tracking critical sites with aircraft (video)
	Portable Pathology: Biological testing on the run
	Eye of the Lobster: Mimicking nature to spot contraband

October 2007

	Sunshine-less State: Fighting fires with science and technology
	Better Than New Tricks: Training dogs for disaster response
	Science on Wheels: Mobilizing for chemical analysis (video)
	Google Meets Sherlock Holmes: ‘Seeing’ clues in fuzzy data

September 2007

	A New Dimension: Nabbing forgers while-u-wait
	Locating the Heroes: Tracking rescuers in 3-D
	Outside the Box: New thinking to scan containers

August 2007

	Sniff, Watch, Guide: Helping subways to breathe
	Booming Research: Brewing a blast-less fertilizer
	Shield Activated: Protecting bridges from bad guys

July 2007

	When Your Ship Comes In: Tracking elusive containers
	Menace in a Bottle: Finding liquid explosives
	Looks Can Be Deceiving: Studies on charitable terrorists
	Automatic for the People: Testing of robot rescuers (video)
	Enough to Make You Sick: Suspect-subduing ‘lightsaber’

June 2007

	Lab-in-a-Box: Testing for BioWatch 3.0
	See You in Cyberspace: Using virtual worlds to plan
	When the Levee Breaks: Research to hold back the flood (animation)
	Seeing Is Believing: Visual tools for first responders

May 2007

	Deception Detection: Identifying hostile intent
	Eye in the Sky: Guarding airplanes from above
	Landing on Its Feet: A flying machine that also walks
	Razing Cane: Research to rid the border of weeds