Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced a 15-year virtual power purchasing agreement (VPPA) with international solar developer ib vogt. Thermo Fisher’s 91-megawatt portion of the Serbal solar project will deliver approximately 192,000 megawatt hours of renewable electricity annually. Eurofins Scientific, a bioanalytical testing company, collaborated in the aggregated deal for a 36-megawatt portion of the…
AI becoming embedded in R&D, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending December 1, 2023, closed at 3,080.37 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.51% (or -15.68 basis points). Fourteen RDWI members gained value last week from 0.23% (Cisco) to 14.83% (General Motors) Eleven RDWI members lost value last week from -0.01% (Novartis)…
Brain-computer interface gives patient with ALS control of home devices
Researchers say they observed the successful translation of brain signals into computer commands with a brain-computer interface (BCI) implant. A team at Johns Hopkins surgically implanted the BCI on the brain of an ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) patient. They published their results, which showed the accurate translation of computer commands from brain activity, in Advanced Science.…
CHIPS R&D Chiplets Interfaces Technical Standards Workshop
The CHIPS Research and Development Office’s Chiplets Interfaces Technical Standards Workshop will be a hybrid in-person and virtual event from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EST, December 12, 2023, and 8:30 am to 12:30 pm December 13, 2023. The in-person event will take place at the NIST’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) in Rockville,…
Q-CTRL integrates their error suppression technology into IBM Quantum services
Q-CTRL, a developer of useful quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, announces that its Q-CTRL Embedded software has been integrated as an option with IBM Quantum’s Pay-As-You-Go Plan to deliver advancements in quantum computing utility and performance. This integration represents the first time a third-party independent software vendor’s technology solution will be available for…
U.S. DOE announces intent to issue $4.8M in secure communications development funding
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a notice of intent (NOI) for the Office of Electricity to issue a $4.8 million funding opportunity announcement (FOA). This FOA aims to support the development and demonstration of technologies, tools, or systems that enable secure data and control messaging between grid edge infrastructure and distribution system operators.…
Researchers develop therapy for implant metal poisoning
Researchers say they found a way to protect people from heavy metal poisoning as a result of toxicity from cobalt implants. Cobalt was widely used for hip and knee joint replacements due to strength and durability, but this led to cases of heavy metal poisoning. Toxicity can arise from cobalt and other metals if they…
Amazon to offer free AI training to offset demand, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending November 24, 2023, closed at 3,096.05 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 0.96% (or 29.40 basis points). Twenty-one RDWI members gained value last week from 0.12% (Merck & Co.) to 3.40% (Novartis). Four RDWI members lost value last week from -1.30%…
Hannover Messe adding new Research and Innovation Summit in 2024
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,…
What Medtronic learned on its long road to RDN approval
It took Medtronic nearly 13 years to win FDA approval for renal denervation (RDN) since buying Ardian and its hypertension-treating technology. Jason Weidman, the Medtronic SVP who is also president of coronary and RDN, has a more personal measure of the long road to approval for the world’s largest medical device manufacturer. “The first meeting…
ACM Research’s new facility contributes to PNW’s growing semiconductor industry
ACM Research, a supplier of wafer processing solutions for semiconductor and advanced wafer-level packaging (WLP) applications, announces the grand opening of its new multi-use facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, on November 28. This is a first-of-its-kind property within North America for ACM Research, and its 11,000 ft2 will feature offices, warehouse space, and a dedicated cleanroom/demonstration…
Auto battery makers continue their expansion, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending November 17, 2023, closed at 3,066.65 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 0.84% (or 25.55 basis points). Twenty-one RDWI members gained value last week from 0.05% (Microsoft) to 12.74% (Intel) Four RDWI members lost value last week from -0.21% (AbbVie) to…
Researchers develop first wearable for continuous monitoring of body sounds
Northwestern University researchers have developed wearable devices for continuously monitoring the sounds made by a patient’s body, such as breathing, heartbeats and digestion. The soft devices stick to a patient’s skin and use two high-performance, digital microphones to listen to sounds inside and outside the body. One of the microphones faces inside the patient, while…
New GraphPad Prism offers open file format, plus collaboration, integration capabilities
Dotmatics, an R&D scientific software company connecting science, data, and decision-making, announces a major new release of its popular GraphPad Prism application, the world’s leading analysis and graphing solution for scientific research. Prism 10 introduces several features including a new, more open file format (.prism), a variety of core graphing and analysis improvements, and a…
Monash harnesses new frontier in technology to propel promising local drug discoveries
The Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) has unveiled a brand new instrument — the Thermo Scientific Orbitrap Astral Mass Spectrometer (MS) — which will play a key role in enabling the team to identify promising drug targets for academia and industry efficiently. The new Orbitrap Astral MS, located at MIPS in Parkville, is the…
BUMAX chosen for the Einstein Telescope project
Swedish specialist fastener manufacturer BUMAX has been selected to supply premium fasteners to ETpathfinder, an R&D facility at Maastricht University for testing and prototyping innovative concepts and enabling new technologies for the Einstein Telescope (ET). The Einstein Telescope is a next-generation underground gravitational wave observatory. The ET is being developed to be 100 times more sensitive…
New AI chips becoming available
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending November 10, 2023, closed at 3,041.10 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 1.92% (or 57.29 basis points). Ten RDWI members gained value last week from 0.26% (Sanofi SA) to 5.52% (Apple) Fifteen RDWI members lost value last week from -0.39% (Roche…
Donaldson opens new life sciences technical center
NEWS RELEASE: Donaldson Company Invests in New Life Sciences Technical Center Research Triangle Park, a North Carolina technology and biotech hub, is Donaldson’s choice for the latest expansion of its life sciences footprint MINNEAPOLIS — Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), a leading worldwide provider of innovative filtration products and solutions, announced its commitment to broadening…
Federal agency created for AI guidance, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending November 3, 2023, closed at 2,983.81 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was up 3.81% (or 109.53 basis points). Twenty-four RDWI members gained value last week from 0.15% (Roche Holdings). To 12.26% (Volkswagen AG). One RDWI member lost value last week at -5.52%…
SwRI’s Dr. Alan Stern conducts space research aboard Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity
Dr. Alan Stern, a planetary scientist and associate vice president of Southwest Research Institute’s Space Sector, flew on Nov. 2 aboard the Virgin Galactic commercial spaceship Unity on a suborbital space mission. During the roughly 60-minute mission, first mated to its carrier aircraft VMS Eve, then horizontally launched into space, Stern tested equipment and trained…
Meet Bharat Indu Chaudhary, R&D 100 Researcher of the Year
Before developing groundbreaking polymers at Dow, applying for patents, publishing papers, giving presentations, and mentoring numerous fellow employees and university students, Bharat Chaudhary was a student at the University of Benin in Nigeria, where his interest in R&D began. “I did a research dissertation as part of obtaining a B. Eng. degree in Chemical Engineering.…
Latina-led startup announces strong study results for AI-assisted technology for COPD
Samay, the maker of a patented, AI-assisted wearable device and platform to monitor lung function, announces impressive results of its trial with more than 100 subjects. Designed for COPD, the wearable device (called “Sylvee”) continuously measures air trapping and other measures of respiratory function in patients at home. This study was conducted in partnership with…
U.S. DOE launches digitizing utilities prize for grid reliability and resilience solutions
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) has launched the $1.85 million Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2. This competition aims to connect electric utilities with interdisciplinary teams of software developers and data experts to transform digital systems and data analytics for utilities in the energy sector. This round will also award prizes…
H-1B Visa rules are being changed, in this week’s R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending October 27, 2023, closed at 2,874.28 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -2.37% (or -69.76 basis points). Seven RDWI members gained value last week from 0.15% (Merck & Co. to 3.91% (IBM). Eighteen RDWI members lost value last week from -0.39%…
Fall 2023 Issue: 2023 R&D 100 Awards
In this issue: 2023 R&D 100 Winners 2023 R&D 100 Special Recognition 2023 R&D 100 Finalists 2023 R&D 100 Professional Winners