
Today on R&D World
Plasma-Therm announces acquisition of Thin Film Equipment
AI going commercial, in this week’s R&D Power Index
Unlocking the potential of 3D Bioprinting – TissueFab® ready-to-use bioinks
SLAC fires up the world’s most powerful X-ray laser: LCLS-II ushers in a new era of science
Thermo Fisher’s new Plasma-FIB simplifies volume electron microscopy workflows
UArizona scientists investigate new frontiers of sound with $30M center
Global economy slows while AI speeds up, in this week’s R&D Power Index
Deadline extended for EMBO workshop on computational models of life
Fluid aspiration – safety in the lab
Business AI version of ChatGPT released, in this week’s R&D Power Index
DoMore Diagnostics and Proscia partner to inform personalized treatment decisions for colorectal cancer patients
Commentary: COVID, the Sequel
AI is having its iPhone moment, in this week’s R&D Power Index
NATO ramping up R&D spending, Part III: NATO industry partnerships
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A 32 Tesla superconducting magnet is focus of Episode 10 of R&D 100 – The Podcast
In this, the tenth episode of the R&D 100 Podcast, we examine the latest technology in superconducting magnets. These magnets have existed since the 1960s, but the field available has been limited by the properties of superconducting materials. So, VP, Editorial Director Paul J. Heney and Senior Editor Aimee Kalnoskas of R&D World spoke with…
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Unlocking the potential of 3D Bioprinting – TissueFab® ready-to-use bioinks
By Elizabeth Aisenbrey, Ph.D., Global Product Manager 3D bioprinting is a powerful tool that enables researchers to create reproducible 3D constructs for high throughput screening and in vitro tissue models. The ease of use and ability to seamlessly print multi-materials make micro-extrusion-based bioprinting an attractive technique. Despite promising advancements in 3D bioprinting technology, a need…
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DoMore Diagnostics and Proscia partner to inform personalized treatment decisions for colorectal cancer patients
DoMore Diagnostics, a company specializing in deep learning precision diagnostic for digital pathology, and Proscia, a provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, have partnered to help pathologists predict outcomes for colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. The collaboration paves the way for integrating artificial intelligence (AI)-powered clinical decision support into routine pathology workflows, unlocking new insights…

R&D 100 winner of the day: Siemens Healthineers Intelligent Emergency Imaging

Novel nanomaterial air purification beats HEPA at filtering contaminants and pathogens

R&D 100 winner of the day: Spectral Phenotyping with MirroRx

JEOL installs two cryo-electron microscopes at Generate:Biomedicines to capture atomic resolutions
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imec demonstrates conductor films on 300 mm wafers with low resistivity
This month, at the 2023 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (2023 IEEE IITC), imec, a research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, provides the first experimental evidence that the resistivity of a thin conductor film on a 300 mm Si wafer can be lower than that of Cu and Ru, which are currently…
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Mote kicks off second biomass to hydrogen project in Northern California
As more utilities, industries, and transportation providers look to clean hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions, Mote Inc. has received $1.2 million in grant funding from the U.S. Forest Service, the California Department of Conservation, and the California Department of Forestry (CAL FIRE) to establish its second biomass to hydrogen and carbon sequestration plant in partnership…

US Department of Energy offers $30M in awards to ‘supercharge’ energy storage

$14.7M allotted for microgrid solutions for underserved and indigenous communities

U.S. Department of Energy announces NOI for $4M in sensor data analytics demonstrations funding

Grengine is first plug-and-play, portable storage system that provides green energy
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers recognizes achievements with 2023 awards
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will present awards to 14 leaders and innovators in chemical engineering, at a ceremony to be held in connection with the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando, November 5 – 10. The awards ceremony is slated for Sunday, November 5. AIChE’s highest honor, the Founders Award for Outstanding…
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R&D 100 winner of the day: DuPont BETATECH Thermal Interface Material
The automotive sector is changing at an unprecedented rate. This evolving landscape is being driven by legislation for reduced emissions, increasing urbanization, customer demand, and the need to reach price parity with internal combustion engine vehicles. With EV adoption expected to increase exponentially over the next few decades, OEM and tier suppliers are increasingly shifting…

Automakers to increase U.S. EV charging sites, in this week’s R&D Power Index

R&D 100 winner of the day: Battelle’s Process for Converting Coal to High-Value Polyurethane Products

imec demonstrates conductor films on 300 mm wafers with low resistivity

R&D 100 winner of the day: Abcite 2060 Thermoplastic Flame Spray Powder Coating
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Plasma-Therm announces acquisition of Thin Film Equipment
Plasma-Therm, a manufacturer of plasma-process equipment for the semiconductor and compound semiconductor markets, announces it has acquired Thin Film Equipment SrL (TFE), effective September 18, 2023. Based in Binasco (Milano, Italy), TFE is a supplier of sputtering equipment for semiconductor R&D and production and is well-known for its expertise in physical vapor deposition (PVD) sputtering and…
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Keck Planet Finder, in search of exoplanets
by Jim McMahon Astronomers have confirmed more than 5,000 exoplanets orbiting distant stars. There are a few aspects that are needed to characterize an exoplanet. One is the size of the planet, and the other is the mass of the planet. Space-based missions, such as the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) launched in 2018, find…

SwRI creates Space Sector with two new divisions to support space R&D

R&D 100 winner of the day: Terra Spotlight: A New Paradigm in Rapid Change Detection Using Satellite Images

Powering the moon: Sandia researchers design microgrid for future lunar base
