The laboratory is also developing an alternative way to remove fine materials that rub off taconite pellets during shipping.
With support from the Office of Naval Research, the laboratory developed the first parallel computers.
"All these diagnostic tests are new and every laboratory has developed its own test," he said.
Hardly a week goes by without the announcement that a laboratory has developed a new nano-this or nano-that.
Modified males raised in a laboratory will develop normally as they are supplied with this chemical and can be released into the wild.
In addition to designing arms, the laboratory has developed powerful lasers for trying to harness nuclear fusion for energy production.
At the time, Dr. Waksman's laboratory was developing new antibiotics.
The laboratory has developed knockout mouse models for both kidney stone diseases and is developing therapies.
The laboratory developed psychological tests and standards for public employees such as police and fire.
Its official laboratory identified the new designer drug and developed a test to detect it.