Paul Heney

The 2025 R&D 100 Awards are open for nominations as of today, March 5th, 2025. The submission platform is once again available at: https://rd100.secure-platform.com/a The official Call for Nominations (in PDF format) can be downloaded here — or by clicking on the image at right. This year’s competition is the 63rd. The R&D 100 Awards is…

The official Call for Nominations for the 2025 R&D 100 Awards has been released. Click here — or on the image at right — to download a PDF of the Call for Nominations. This year’s competition, the 63rd, will open for submissions on March 5th, 2025. The R&D 100 Awards is the only science and…

The timing for the 2025 R&D 100 Awards has been announced. This year’s competition, the 63rd, will open for submissions on March 5th, 2025. The R&D 100 Awards is the only science and technology awards competition that recognizes new commercial products, technologies, and materials for their technological significance that are available for sale or license.…

The Medalists in the 2024 R&D 100 Awards Special Recognition categories have been announced by R&D World. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 56 well-respected industry professionals from across the world. Medalists are listed below by category, and include primary submitting organizations and then co-developing organizations, as provided to R&D World. These and other winners…

A total of 141 Finalists for the 2024 R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World. This renowned worldwide science and innovation competition, celebrating its 62nd year, received entries from 16 different countries and regions. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 56 well-respected industry professionals from across the world. The Finalists are listed below…

This year’s iteration of the esteemed R&D 100 Awards features a judging panel comprised of 56 professionals from across the globe, who boast an impressive collection of accomplishments and honors. Finalists in this year’s 62nd R&D 100 Awards will be announced on August 1st at rdworldonline.com. Winners of this year’s R&D 100 Awards, along with…

WTWH Media, a digital-first B2B media and marketing company, is pleased to announce that Brian Buntz has been named as Editor-in-Chief of R&D World, a renowned B2B brand that has served research and development scientists, engineers, and technicians for more than 60 years. The coverage applies to professionals working for corporate, governmental, and academic research…

We’re dying to see what the world’s preeminent scientists are cooking up, so the next R&D 100 Award ceremonies are being moved for the first time to the historic Bonaventure Cemetery in beautiful Savannah, Georgia! Heralded as one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the United States, Bonaventure is also famous for its starring role…

The 62nd R&D 100 Awards program is now open for submissions. The program is focused on worldwide corporate, government, and academic R&D organizations, and has been referred to as, “The Oscars of Innovation.” First established in 1963, the R&D 100 Awards is the only S&T (science and technology) awards competition that recognizes new commercial products,…

The 62nd R&D 100 Awards program will open for submissions on March 6th, 2024. The program is focused on corporate, government, and academic R&D organizations across the globe, and has been referred to as, “The Oscars of Innovation.” First established in 1963, the R&D 100 Awards is the only S&T (science and technology) awards competition…

The official 2024 R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World. This renowned worldwide science and innovation competition, celebrating its 62nd year, received entries from 16 different countries and regions. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 56 well-respected industry professionals from across the world. The Winners are listed below by category, and then alphabetically…

The world’s leading industrial fair, Hannover Messe, scheduled for April 22-26, 2024, brings together exhibiting companies from the mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and digital industries as well as the energy sector to present solutions for future production methods and the energy supply. Key topics include Industry 4.0/Manufacturing-X, Energy for Industry, Digitization/Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning,…

The High Performance Computing (HPC) provides unprecedented opportunities to boost Computational Biology’s ability to uncover mechanisms behind drug synergies and drug treatment by employing digital twins of all scales, from molecules to entire bodies. To share knowledge and discuss the most advanced techniques, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) with the support of the European Molecular…

By Mark Jones It is different. Still a little scary. I am now in my last day of COVID isolation. Fully vaccinated and boosted, I managed to catch COVID for a second time. Yep, I am a return customer, a double breakthrough case. There are some big differences. In May of 2021, I felt invincible.…

The 100 Winners of the 2023 R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine. This renowned worldwide science and innovation competition, celebrating its 61st year, received entries from 15 different countries and regions. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 45 well-respected industry professionals from across the world. The Winners are listed below by…

The Winners in the 2023 R&D 100 Professional Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 45 well-respected industry professionals from across the world. Winners are listed below, along with edited selections from their nomination letters. These winners will be celebrated at the R&D 100 Awards Banquet in San Diego…

The Medalists in the 2023 R&D 100 Awards Special Recognition categories have been announced by R&D World magazine. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 45 well-respected industry professionals from across the world. Medalists are listed below by category, and include primary submitting organizations and then co-developing organizations, as provided to R&D World. These and other…

A total of 156 Finalists for the 2023 R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World magazine. This renowned worldwide science and innovation competition, celebrating its 61st year, received entries from 15 different countries and regions. This year’s esteemed judging panel included 45 well-respected industry professionals from across the world. The Finalists are listed…

This year’s iteration of the esteemed R&D 100 Awards features a judging panel comprised of 45 professionals from across the globe, who boast an impressive collection of accomplishments and honors. Finalists in this year’s 61st R&D 100 Awards will be announced on August 15th at rdworldonline.com. Winners of this year’s R&D 100 Awards, along with…

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…

The MEEP project hosts a large-scale FPGA system recently installed at the BSC in Barcelona, Spain. It will actively contribute to developing European technologies and their subsequent integration into exascale supercomputing designs. The MEEP infrastructure is an FPGA-based digital laboratory that will contribute to a competitive European technology supply industry by enabling the following two…

Laboratory centrifuges spin liquid samples at high speed, in order to separate substances according to their mass. They typically consist of a vertical motorized axis about which a rotor can spin — and a top loading well with a cover over it. The rotor is typically designed to securely hold special centrifuge tubes that fit…

Titration is a method of determining the concentration of a substance, otherwise known as volumetric analysis. The substance for which the concentration is to be determined is known as the analyte. The analyte is in a solution at an initially unknown concentration. A substance is added that is known to react with the analyte (a…

A spectrophotometer is an instrument used to determine the chemical composition of a sample by measuring how light at different frequencies passes through it. The spectrophotometer includes a light source to pass light through the sample, and a photodetector to measure the intensity of light passing through the sample. Most commonly the light is in…

Fluorescence spectroscopy is a method of determining the composition of a sample. It excites a sample with electromagnetic radiation, causing it to emit characteristic radiation. This is a non-destructive method of analyzing sample composition. Instruments used to perform fluorescence spectroscopy are known as fluorometers. Most commonly the sample is excited using ultraviolet light and the…