The official 2025 R&D 100 Awards have been announced by R&D World. This worldwide science and innovation competition, now in its 63rd year, received entries from organizations around the world. This year’s judging panel included industry professionals from across the globe who evaluated breakthrough innovations in technology and science.
The Winners are listed below by category, and then alphabetically by submission name, including primary submitting organizations and co-developing organizations where applicable.
The judging panel, composed of global industry experts, evaluates submissions based on their novelty, impact, and practical applications in fields like materials science, biotechnology, energy, and more. The awards span multiple categories, such as Analytical/Test, IT/Electrical, Mechanical/Materials, Process/Prototyping, and Software/Services, with winners listed alphabetically by submission name. Co-developing organizations are also acknowledged when applicable.
The awards ceremony, set for November 20, 2025, at the Marriott at McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale, Arizona, will celebrate these innovations with a formal banquet. This event not only honors the winners but also fosters networking among industry leaders, researchers, and innovators. All Finalist, Winner, and additional logos are available for download here.
2025 R&D 100 Awards overview
ANALYTICAL/TEST
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Abbott | Abbott Liberta RC™ deep brain stimulation (DBS) system |
| Abbott | TriClip™ Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) System |
| Applied Isotope Technologies, Inc. Co-developers: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Research Institute |
Two Orders of Magnitude of Sensitivity Improvement for all Mass Spectrometers and Quantitative Dried Blood Cards, Equivalent to Phlebotomy Blood Measurements |
| BrightSpec | The spectraMRR by BrightSpec |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute Co-developers: Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corp., Ossaware Biotech Co., Ltd., Taiwan Textile Research Institute |
Bio-inspired ligament scaffold (BILS) |
| KEYENCE Corporation of America | VL-800 Series 3D Scanner CMM with AI |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Monolithic Telescopes |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Quantum Diamond Magnetic Cryomicroscope |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | TOSSI: Tactical Optical Spherical Sensor for Interrogating Threats |
| NASA Langley Research Center Co-developers: RH Technologies, LLC |
Compact, Self-Aligned Focusing Schlieren System (SAFS) |
| National Atomic Research Institute Co-developers: Professor Lee Yuan-Chuan, NTUH, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital |
Dolacga Empowers Every Liver Function Decision |
| Nirrin Technologies | Atlas |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: The Sexton Corporation, NOVO DR |
Underwater X-ray Imaging System |
| PHC Corporation, part of PHC Group | LiCellMo®, a live cell metabolic pathway analyzer |
| Protochips, Inc. | Triton AX – In Situ Heating and Cooling Electrochemical Cell for TEM |
| Quanterix Corporation | Simoa® BD-Tau Advantage PLUS Assay |
| Sandia National Laboratories | CHXI–MMT (Colorized Hyperspectral X-Ray Imaging with Multi-Metal Targets) |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Fentanyl Analog Independent Detector (FAID) |
| TESCAN Group | TESCAN AMBER X 2 Powered by Mistral™ Plasma FIB column |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | SteriSEQ Rapid Sterility Testing Kit |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific | Thermo Scientific™ Stellar™ mass spectrometer |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | Thermo Scientific™ KingFisher™ PlasmidPro Maxi Processor |
| University of Tennessee at Knoxville Co-developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Universal GridEdge Analyzer (UGA) |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Bleeding Materials & Enclosures |
IT/ELECTRICAL
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | EpiEarth: Epidemiological & Earth-System Integrated Model for Vector-Borne Disease Risk Prediction |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | WiSPR: Wideband Selective Propagation Radar |
| Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | A motor system for railway vehicles that achieves both low power consumption and resource conservation. |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: BorgWarner, Inc. |
Rotary Transformer for Brushless and Permanent Magnet–Free Electric Motors |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | SHAD-TAGS+: Smallest High-performance Acoustic Devices Transforming Aquatic Global Solutions |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Electro-Optical Sensor (EOS) for High-Energy Environments and Applications |
| University of Pittsburgh Co-developers: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Sensible Photonics |
eMission Critical Sensor |
MECHANICAL/MATERIALS
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Ames National Laboratory Co-developers: Critical Materials Innovation Hub |
MnBi-based Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet |
| APh ePower Co., Ltd. | Elevator Regenerative Power System |
| Argonne National Laboratory | Ultra-stable and Low-Cost Dual-Gradient Cathode for High-Performance All-Electric Vehicles |
| Axalta Coating Systems | Axalta‘s Fast Cure Low Energy Collision Repair Paint System |
| Collagen Matrix, Inc. dba Regenity Biosciences | RejuvaKnee™, a novel meniscal repair device |
| DuPont Personal Protection | DuPont™ Tychem® 6000 SFR combines market-leading chemical protection with secondary flame resistance in a durable, lightweight garment for use in multi-hazard environments |
| DuPont Semiconductor Technologies Lithography | UV26GNF a non-Fluorine Lithography formulation |
| DuPont Water Solutions | FilmTec™ Fortilife™ XC160 Membrane for Wastewater Treatment |
| Gadolyn, Inc. Co-developers: Ce-Ri-SS Materials, LLC, DARPA |
D-DIRECT Direct to Alloy Multi-Component Co-Reduction Technology for Critical Minerals |
| General Motors | Extreme Fast Charging and Affordable Cell for Electric Vehicles |
| General Motors | Ultra-Robust Silicon All-Solid-State Battery |
| General Motors LLC Co-developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), The Ohio State University (OSU), Michigan Technological University (MTU), ECK Industries Inc (ECK), Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Northfield Manufacturing, Inc (Northfield), Wolverine Bronze Company ((WBC), International Casting Company (ICC), CWC Textron Company (CWC) |
Low Mass and High Efficiency (LMHE) Medium-Duty Truck Engine |
| Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Co-developers: Life Solution Team, Samsung Research |
Scalable, Energy Efficient CHESS Thin‑Film Thermoelectric Refrigerator |
| Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. | Lake Shore Cryotronics Infinite Helium |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Co-developers: Advanced hCMOS Systems (AHS), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) |
Time-Resolved Diffraction for NIF (National Ignition Facility) |
| Milliken & Company | Milliken Assure™ Moisture Barrier |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | MAScOT: Modular, Agile, Scalable Optical Terminal |
| Nano and Advanced Materials Institute | NuHip: Body-fitting, Comfortable Hip Protector for Bone Fracture Prevention |
| Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd. Co-developers: E-nano(Guangdong) Material Technology Co., Ltd |
Multifunctional Gel-free Binder for high performance batteries with high Ni content cathodes |
| National Energy Technology Laboratory | Plastic Upcycled Synthetic Graphite (PLUS-Graphite) |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory Co-developers: Blue Frontier, Inc. |
Cooler Buildings, Stronger Grid: The World’s First Energy Storing Efficient Air Conditioner |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Flexible Embedded Phase Change Material Thermal Energy Storage Heat Pump Water Heater |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: Soteria Battery Innovation Group |
High Energy Density Lithium-Ion Batteries with Extreme Fast Charging Capability Based on Metalized Polymer Current Collectors |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | HyPoCap: Oxygen-Rich, Hyperporous Carbon for Revolutionary Energy Storage |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: Cummins, Inc. |
Nano Extreme Temperature (NeXT) Steel: Balancing Thermal Properties, Oxidation Resistance and Extreme High Temperature Strength for Advanced Energy & Manufacturing Applications |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: The University of Utah |
Next-Gen High-Performance Polyiso Foam Insulation |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Recyclable Polyester Thermosets and Reinforced Composites |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Thermal Energy Storage Systems Including Anisotropic Thermal Conductive Carbon Fibers for Enhancing Thermal Efficiency of Phase Change Materials |
| SABIC | Globally First Intumescent Fire-retardant Long-glass filled PP for Large Electric Vehicle Battery Pack Enclosures |
| Sandia National Laboratories Co-developers: Partnership with UT-Austin. Scale-up partner is Tetramer Technologies, Inc. |
Low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) Molecules to Resolve Thermal Expansion Problems in Polymers |
| Savannah River National Laboratory Co-developers: Silica-X, Inc. |
Advanced Engineered Cellular Magmatics |
| SINGTEX Group Co-developers: Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). |
Waterproof and breathable film derived from PET/PU composite and blend waste textiles. |
| Southwest Research Institute Co-developers: Copeland |
Copeland Oil-free Centrifugal Compressor |
| Taiwan Textile Research Institute Co-developers: Wild Bear Technology Co.,Ltd 、 Carilex Medical Inc.、 Charn Tai Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. |
Looping Nylon Technique: no virgin material from recycled fiber to recycle membranes |
| Tata Steel Limited | Design and Development of API X65 H for hydrogen transportation. |
| The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel | Repurposing Beverage and Fruit Waste as Biocellulose Fibre and Leather-like Film |
| Torus Inc | Torus Spin Flywheel Energy Storage System |
| U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory | High Temperature Hydride Moderator Containment |
| University of Pittsburgh Co-developers: CorePower Magnetics, NASA Glenn Research Center, Raytheon Technologies |
VulcanAlloy |
| Vitro Architectural Glass | VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG) |
PROCESS/PROTOTYPING
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| ABLEPRINT Technology Company | EvoRTS: Revolutionizing AI-Chip Packaging with Flux and Void Elimination |
| Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) Co-developers: Taiwan Polymer Material Company |
AI-WaJe™, an AI-optimized water jet system for producing high-activity rubber powder from waste tires. |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Co-developers: Purdue University |
In-air Drop Encapsulation Apparatus (IDEA) |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Co-developers: Stanford University |
MetaLitho3D: Metaoptics-enabled Large-scale 3D Nanolithography |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Platform to Accelerate Discovery of Tailored Industrial Enzymes (PAD-TIE) |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Bumpless Integration of Chiplets to AI-Optimized Fabric |
| National Energy Technology Laboratory | MAST-FCC – Microwave-Assisted Solids-to-Fuels & Chemical Conversion |
| National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Collective Consensus Control (C3) Wind Farm Optimization Technology |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | BIPHASICS: Point-Source CO2 Capture with Biphasic Solvents |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: Solidion Technology Inc. (STI) |
Electrochemical Graphitization in Molten Salts (E-GRIMS): A Game Changer for Sustainable Graphite Production |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: Okuma America Corporation |
Future Foundries: A Foundational Research Platform for the Integration of Emerging Systems |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory | MF-SSLC: Metal Foam Based Separate Sensible and Latent Cooling |
| Sandia National Laboratories | Hafnia Gate Dielectrics for Energy Conversion |
| West Virginia University Co-developers: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, GE Vernova, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Carpenter Additive |
SAM+J: Solid-state Additively Manufactured Transition Joints for Extreme Environment |
| Yale University Co-developers: University of Maryland College Park, University of Connecticut, Princeton University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, USPlasma, Inc |
Uniform, ultrahigh-temperature, stable plasma apparatus |
SOFTWARE/SERVICES
| Organization/Developer | Product Name |
|---|---|
| Argonne National Laboratory Co-developers: Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
OpenMC: A Simulation Toolkit for Next-Generation Nuclear Design |
| Idaho National Laboratory | Storm-DEPART (Damage Estimate Prediction and Recovery Tool) |
| Idaho National Laboratory; Argonne National Laboratory | Griffin: A Reactor Physics Tool for Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation of Advanced Nuclear Reactors |
| Institute for Information Industry | VisionSafe |
| Metal Industries Research & Development Centre | AI-Guided Interactive Speech-Language Therapy System |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Lincoln Laboratory Radio Frequency Situational Awareness Model |
| MIT Lincoln Laboratory Co-developers: U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command |
Protected Anti-jam Tactical SATCOM (PATS) Key Management System Prototype |
| NASA Glenn Research Center | High-Rate Delay Tolerant Networking (HDTN) Network Operations Release |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: General Motors, Electric Power Research Institute, Ingalls Shipbuilding, a Division of HII |
DR-Weld: A High-Performance Digital Reality Simulation Tool of Large-Scale Welding and Additive Manufacturing |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
ExaDigiT: A Digital Twin Framework for Data Centers |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: National Institute of Standards and Technology |
PRESTO: Privacy REcommendation and SecuriTy Optimization |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory Co-developers: ZEISS |
Simurgh: AI-Powered Framework for Fast and Accurate Computed Tomography of Dense and Complex Components |
| Siemens Medical Solutions | AI Abdomen: Fast, Reliable, and Reproducible Ultrasound Imaging |
| Viz.ai, Inc. | Viz ICH Plus Uses AI to Accurately Measure Brain Bleeds, Ensuring That Patients Receive the Right Treatment Fast |
Congratulations to all the 2025 R&D 100 Award Winners!
