Los Alamos National Laboratory Additive manufacturing is revolutionizing steel tool production. Streamlining conventional mass production methods like forming, forging, and stamping has the potential to make a significant impact. Additive technology most effectively creates small batch parts and highly complex, exotic materials. This is particularly relevant in tooling manufacturing, where the work environment is extreme…
First cat qubit quantum chip by Alice & Bob available on Google Cloud
Alice & Bob, a provider of fault-tolerant quantum computing, announce the immediate availability on Google Cloud Marketplace of a new single cat-qubit chip in the ”Boson” series. The company’s signature technology, the cat qubit, is one of the most promising platforms for realizing fault-tolerant quantum computers. The launch of Boson 4 marks the first time a…
Thermo Fisher’s analysis for ICP-OES allows users to profile unknown elemental samples
To simplify inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced a semi-quantitative analysis tool that identifies unknown samples, to help make the world cleaner and safer. With the new SemiQuant feature on the Thermo Scientific Qtegra Intelligent Scientific Data Solution (ISDS) Software and the Thermo Scientific iCAP PRO Series ICP-OES, researchers can…
Wideband Conformal Continuous-Slot Antenna Array is R&D 100 winner of the day
Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI) novel AS-750 family of Wideband Continuous-Slot Antenna Arrays offers UHF/SHF capabilities without experiencing the grating lobes that plague modern higher-frequency direction-finding antenna arrays. They provide beamformed omnidirectional acquisition and direction-finding outputs for signal intelligence processing. It is the first practical implementation of the current sheet concept proposed in the mid-20th century…
A 250 kW All Silicon Carbide Motor Drive for Hybrid Electric Aircraft if R&D 100 of the day
University of Arkansas’s motor drive for hybrid electric aircraft represents a leading-edge application technology based on wide bandgap (WBG) power semiconductor technology, containing breakthroughs in performance, power density, integration, and thermal management. SiC semiconductors promote high power density that enables increased range from electric vehicles. This is the first application of this technology to hybrid…
GIST researchers develop nanotechnology for quickly creating wafer-scale nanoparticle monolayers
From the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) Controllable assembly of functional nanoparticles into uniform monolayers over large surfaces for industrial mass production has been a long-standing problem, especially when the particle size goes below 100 nm. A team of researchers from South Korea recently proposed a nature-inspired solution. Their new “one-shot” self-limiting assembly…
Hyperspectral X-ray Imaging Detector (HXI) is the R&D 100 winner of the day
Los Alamos National Laboratory Co-Developer: National Institute of Standards; University of Colorado HXI is a groundbreaking innovation in analytical instrumentation for analyzing electron microscope samples. Its advanced technology enables detailed mapping of the chemical and elemental composition of matter at the nanoscale — something that has never been possible before. This type of analysis is…
FABIA: Fieldable Atomic Beam Isotopic Analyzer is the R&D 100 winner of the day
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Fieldable Atomic Beam Isotopic Analyze (FABIA) is a portable instrument for conducting isotopic analysis of nuclear materials in the field. This device is an asset for energy production, global security, and nuclear medicine because of its small size, portability, and simplicity of operation. In the case of nuclear non-proliferation, the International…
Variorum: Vendor-Agnostic Computing Power Management is today’s R&D 100 winner of the day
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Variorum is an open-source software library that enables users to access the power, energy, and performance metrics of low-level hardware dials across different architectures through vendor-neutral APIs. It is a key component of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) and the Argo Project, which focuses on node-level power…
CANDLE (CANcer Distributed Learning Environment) is the R&D 100 winner of the day
Developer: Argonne National Laboratory Co-developer: Oak Ridge, Lawrence Livermore, and Los Alamos National Laboratories, and Fredrick National Laboratory for Cancer Research The CANDLE software suite offers unparalleled deep learning benchmarks to evaluate the performance of new deep learning accelerator hardware. It also advances solutions for cancer researchers and other scientific applications. Moreover, complex workflows using…
Stravito’s new Assistant is a conversational insights companion advancing generative AI
Stravito, the enterprise insights platform democratizing access to market research in the world’s largest organizations, is making a major leap forward in its generative AI journey. Today the company unveils Stravito Assistant, a trusted insights companion that helps users find answers faster, ask better questions, and immediately leverage a wealth of insights to inform real-world…
Q-CTRL hires defense industry leader to expand business partnerships in US and UK
Q-CTRL, pioneer of quantum infrastructure software to make quantum technologies useful, announced the appointment of Vince McBeth as principal business development defense and Public Sector. In his new role, McBeth will oversee Q-CTRL’s business development strategy in Washington D.C. and the U.K. as the company deepens its stake in the 2021 AUKUS trilateral security partnership.…
Additive manufactured cutting tool for precision machining is the R&D 100 winner of the day
Kennametal has developed a new class of additive manufactured tools using innovative lightweight structures to increase the stiffness-to-weight ratio, reducing mass and increasing machining performance for challenging applications. The innovative cutting tool was engineered with numerical refinement techniques and finite element analysis simulation. These techniques made it possible to easily create a complex, highly refined…
Luma Lab Connect unlocks value of lab data to accelerate scientific R&D decision-making
R&D scientific software provider Dotmatics announces the launch of Luma Lab Connect, which helps R&D laboratories automatically ingest data from instruments or data sources and centralize it in one place to increase accuracy and accelerate decision-making. Luma Lab Connect extracts descriptive metadata and experiment results from files and makes data available across labs and experiments…
SuperNeuro: An Accelerated Neuromorphic Computing Simulator is R&D 100 winner of the day
Neural simulations at a large scale often suffer from computational inefficiencies that limit their scalability and their ability to improve neural structures for specific applications. Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s SuperNeuro is a Python-based neural simulator that addresses these limitations and provides AI practitioners with a fast and scalable solution. It also allows users to simulate…
Olena Palasyuk, Ames National Laboratory R&D Technician of the Year
For Olena Palaysuk, family has been the key to her success as a highly accomplished scientist at Ames National Laboratory. Her parents encouraged her to get into materials science and chemistry. Her mother, also a chemist, was her inspiration, and her husband and children are the support system behind the scenes. “My family, my husband…
New Applied Biosystems TaqMan QSY2 probes enable multiplexing of research
Biopharma assay developers and clinical research labs are under pressure to save time and reduce costs while assuring accuracy and delivering reproducible results. This can be accomplished by maximizing the number of targets per sample using multiplexing. The new Applied Biosystems TaqMan QSY2 probes* from Thermo Fisher Scientific demonstrate better assay performance retention when transitioning…
Cerberus: Cybersecurity for EV Charging Infrastructure — R&D 100 winner of the day
Researchers anticipate a large network of EV charging equipment to be an attractive target for adversaries or criminal enterprises. Idaho National Laboratory’s Cerberus system — relying on basic sensors and computer hardware linked together in a smart configuration — sharply limits or sometimes eliminates damage to assets and human health. Recent work demonstrated that high-power…
University-based cybersecurity centers receive $15 Million for research and training
From the DOE: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $15 million in funding to establish six university-based electric power cybersecurity centers that will foster collaborations across the energy sector to address gaps in energy security research and provide cybersecurity education programs. Each university, selected by the DOE’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency…
Two groundbreaking experiments planned for the upcoming solar eclipse
From SwRI Southwest Research Institute is leading two groundbreaking experiments — on the ground and in the air — to collect astronomical data from the total solar eclipse that will shadow a large swath of the United States on April 8, 2024. SwRI’s Dr. Amir Caspi leads the Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) 2024 experiment,…
Puckboard is the R&D 100 winner of the day
MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developer: RevaComm Department of the Air Force, MIT AI Accelerator, MIT, U.S. Air Force 15th Wing, U.S. Air Force 60th Air Mobility Wing, U.S. Air Force 437th Airlift Wing, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Air Force Research Laboratory, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment, and Energy), Raytheon BBN Puckboard, a collaborative…
Micrometer-based, Customized Production System Technology is today’s R&D 100 winner of the day
The accuracy, stability, and reliability of machine tools are crucial in precision machining. Adding intelligent capabilities to machine tools, such as online accuracy detection, cutting heat compensation, cutting chatter monitoring, and early warning systems, can be powerful tools to enhance product competitiveness. Safety concerns are paramount when it comes to human life, especially in the…
Early registration opens for 2024 International Space Station R&D Conference in Boston
This July, the 13th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) returns to Boston, where leaders from the commercial sector, U.S. government agencies, and academic communities will assemble to highlight innovations and opportunities through our nation’s orbiting outpost. ISSRDC will take place July 30 — August 1, 2024, at the Marriott Copley Place…
Supercharging fuel cells with caffeine
From Chiba University Fuel cells, while promising, are expensive due to high catalyst requirements to increase the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. In a breakthrough, researchers found that adding caffeine to the electrodes can improve the ORR activity of platinum electrodes 11 times. This discovery can enhance the efficiency of the fuel cell, reduce the…
JEOL’s new CRYO-FIB-SEM enables specimen preparation for cryo-electron microscopy
JEOL announces the introduction of the CRYO-FIB-SEM, a Focused Ion Beam milling specimen preparation tool designed for creating thin, frozen samples for Cryo-Electron Microscopy. The new system complements JEOL’s existing Cryo-TEM technology, providing a comprehensive solution for preparing and imaging vitreous frozen biological and biopolymer samples to be observed in the CRYO ARM 200 and…