This evening I got to tour the NRRI (Natural Resources Research Institute) in Hermantown. This crazy building was designed to withstand an atom bomb in case the USSR fired one at us over the North Pole. The walls are 18 inch thick and cement. There is a huge elevator inside because once the government sold it to IBM they needed a large elevator to bring computers upstairs. Back in the 60's computers were large. The building was abandoned in the 1970's. NRRI acquired it in 1980 they started doing research on wood, rocks and water. I am helping with stream quality by inspecting Chester Creek and growing E Coli in my house and because of that we got a grand tour. We got to go in biohazard labs where they search for the Covid DNA and RNA. This institute has 177 research projects going on at the current time including the blue green algae that can emit toxins research. I had a fascinating evening nerding out with the scientists.
No comments:
Post a Comment