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 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…

SCHOTT’s SCHOTT TO PLUS is a transistor outline (TO) header packaging solution that enables unprecedented transmission speeds for fiber-optic data transmission. Hermetically sealed with glass-to-metal sealing technology, SCHOTT TO PLUS headers deliver twice as much data over a single fiber than existing technology while being more economical. The headers offer a delivery of 50 GB…

There are multiple challenges to developing autonomous microscopy. It requires a balance between the workflows, development of task-specific machine-learning methods, understanding of the interplay between physics discovery and machine learning and end-to-end definition of the discovery workflows. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a physics-informed, active learning (AL)-driven autonomous microscopy, which enables active…

Developer: National Energy Technology Lab Co-Developer: University of Pittsburgh Sensible Photonics The Transformer Watchman is a simple-to-use and integrated measurement system that monitors large power and distribution transformers and reports on the health of these critical components. It is an optical fiber-based sensor system with several key measuring devices to check transformer health in real…

Sandia National Laboratories’ Electro3D was created to enable a new electrochemical metal 3D printing method. It reduces barriers to using water and nonaqueous electrolyte feedstocks and opens the door to a wide range of possibilities from novel material combinations. Previously, metals needed to be printed in extreme environments and often required costly and time-consuming post-processing.…

Nano and Advanced Materials Institute’s (NAMI) dual-performing coolants, based on segregated fluorination technology, with specific operating temperature, high heat of vaporization, specific heat, and thermal conductivity, can overcome the drawback of high-power usage effectiveness (PUE) of single-phase cooling and the high maintenance cost of a two-phase cooling system. Through molecular engineering, NAMI can achieve high…

Developer: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Co-developer: Stellar Science Ltd. Co. Meta Optics Studio (MOS), a software package specifically designed for the creation, simulation, and optimization of flat meta-surfaces, these artificial structures are used to enhance light wavefront engineering, resulting in better focusing, phase correction, and removal of aberrations. MOS has a unique multi-platform capability and…

Researchers at Taiwan Textile Research Institute TTRI have developed temperature-regulated leather material by combining two water-based elements: microcapsule technique and water-based long-fiber foundation fabric. The former can regulate temperature by keeping or releasing the heat to maintain an ideal skin temperature of 80° F (27° C) on average; the latter can provide softness and sturdiness…

It’s easy to see why Dr. Bob Maughon’s Sabic team nominated him for the R&D 100 Innovator of the Year award. Maughon, former EVP and chief sustainability and technology officer at Sabic and all-around mensch, has accomplished more in five years at the company than many do in their entire careers. He is quick to…

Using AI technology, ICSentry, developed by Institute for Information Industry, detects and analyzes potential threats in OT networks, providing a promising solution to protect critical infrastructure. It has been successfully implemented in real-life infrastructures, such as a natural gas company’s production. Moreover, ICSentry also conducts POC verification at Taiwan Water Supply Company, which provides good…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 19, 2024, closed at 3,486.41 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -3.24% (or -116.89 basis points). Seven RDWI members gained value last week from 0.03% (Merck & Co.) to 2.54% (AbbVie). Eighteen RDWI members lost value last week from -0.35%…

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…

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…

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…

The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 5, 2024, closed at 3,678.82 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.07% (or -2.73 basis points). Five RDWI members gained value last week from 0.16% (Alphabet/Google) to 8.60% (Meta Platforms). Nineteen RDWI members lost value last week from -0.44% (AstraZeneca…

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…