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…

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Co-developer: Hanwha Power Systems Americas (HPSA) Supercritical CO2 systems are well-positioned for disruptive industry carbonization through waste heat recovery, production of zero-carbon electricity through concentrated power and geothermal systems, or in heat pump applications for producing zero-carbon heat or thermal energy storage for time-shifting renewable electricity on grids. sCO2 systems offer…

CAMECA Instruments Inc.’s Invizo 6000 is a high-efficiency, symmetric dual-illumination, deep ultraviolet laser atom probe tomography (APT) microscope providing 3D subnanometer spatial resolution information for all elements. It provides the widest field of view and the fastest data collection rate of any APT system to solve the most challenging materials problems. Nanotechnology is playing an…

The automotive sector is changing at an unprecedented rate. This evolving landscape is being driven by legislation for reduced emissions, increasing urbanization, customer demand, and the need to reach price parity with internal combustion engine vehicles. With EV adoption expected to increase exponentially over the next few decades, OEM and tier suppliers are increasingly shifting…

The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending August 4, 2023, closed at 2,905.30 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -2.77% (or -82.89 basis points). Three of the 25 RDWI members gained value last week from 0.55% (IBM) to 2.18% (Toyota Motor). Twenty-two of the 25 RDWI members lost…

ALArM, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chevron USA Inc., and Evident Scientific, is a permanent acoustic sensing system for protecting entire large-area structures, including oil and gas facilities and civilian infrastructure. This patented system uses inexpensive, highly scalable sensor networks to detect damage and defects in complex, insulated, and underground inspection zones. It features an…

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Tailored Glass by DIW enables 3D printing of silica-based glass with gradient mechanical and optical properties in unlimited, customized, structural forms of high complexity. By controlling the concentration of multiple specially formulated glass inks throughout the extrusion process, the resulting glass product benefits from the free-form capabilities of 3D printing —…

Ransomware has ravaged industries all around the world in recent years, no matter if it is manufacturing, technology, or public infrastructure. According to forecasting by cyber research firm Cybersecurity Ventures, ransomware attacks will be launched every 2 seconds on average in 2031 and will cause a global loss of $7.3 trillion. The outbreak of COVID-19…

Patient-centered innovation has been and always will be at the core of Siemens Healthineers, whose employees constantly bring breakthrough innovations to market to help healthcare professionals deliver high-quality care and achieve the best possible outcome for patients worldwide. The Siemens Healthineers Intelligent Emergency Imaging workflow powered by myExam Companion helps speed up the care pathway…

Next-generation laser systems are necessary for high-energy-density physics research to enable the study of astrophysical and quantum phenomena difficult to replicate in a laboratory setting. Systems must compress and augment extraordinary energies while limiting physical damage incurred with each beam pulse for these experiments to succeed. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s HELD Gratings, a novel design…

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Solid-state batteries (SSBs) have the potential to be significant next-generation technologies for high-energy and high-power-density rechargeable battery applications. It is crucial to identify the metrics that an emerging battery technology should fulfill to achieve parity with conventional lithium-ion batteries, primarily in terms of energy density. However, limited approaches exist today to…

Energy Inks, 3D-printing feedstock inks developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and introduced to the market in three formulations by partner and co-developer MilliporeSigma, offer functional properties, enabling next-generation, high-performance, 3D-printed devices for energy storage, catalysis, filtration, sensors and more. Further, these devices can be 3D-printed faster, at a lower cost, and exhibit higher…

Developer: BICO Co-developer:  Cellenion Vienna Biocenter – Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) – Karl Mechtler’s Lab proteoCHIP is an innovative microchip made of Teflon and pre-filled with a thin oil layer to avoid the evaporation of precious peptides during the sample preparation process. It enables the first commercially available automated workflow for single-cell proteomics sample…

Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC)’s Corrosion-Resistant, Surface Hardening System Equipment for Austenite Stainless Steel provides continuous intelligent processing procedures, which gives stainless-steel objects high hardness and high corrosion resistance. Austinite is the most widely used metal material with high corrosion resistance. For development into high-value-added products, there are problems of insufficient stainless-steel strength,…

Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC)’s Continuous Tracking Surgical Assistance System (CTSAS) is the first-ever dodecahedral marker, combined with real-time images of independent vertebra and dynamic correction navigation, that can track and truly present the posture changes of each vertebra. In the process of surgical navigation, only a single registration is required, and intraoperative…

Superconducting magnets have existed since the 1960s. While there has always been a desire for higher fields from these magnets, the field available has been limited by the properties of superconducting materials. Consequently, up to 2017, the peak field only increased by 8.5 T. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University‘s 32 T…

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s MirroRx is a biomarker technology that accurately predicts disease status. The disease phenotype is analyzed by measuring how the patient’s endogenous molecules vibrate upon exposure to infrared light. The difference between the vibrational profiles of disease and control samples is so visible that the spectral process is like “cellular fingerprinting.” Aggressive…

With rapidly growing U.S. demand for polyurethane (PU) products, especially foam products, we will remain heavily dependent on imported oil and thus be affected by worldwide disruptions to oil supply. To reduce this dependence on oil, we must investigate domestic feedstocks such as coal for creating PU products. Battelle’s breakthrough Coal-to-PU Foam process addresses this…

MaizeCare Clarity Polymer is Dow’s next generation, 100% bioderived, made from non-GMO corn starch and readily biodegradable hair styling polymer, with excellent clarity in water-based formulas. The diversity of hair types demands high-performance hair care products that create and maintain the best style. Many synthetic polymers have been developed, aiming for better performance. However, these…

Acoustic Steady-State Excitation Spatial Spectroscopy (ASSESS), from Los Alamos National Laboratory, rapidly and non-intrusively detects a wide variety of defects in applications where identifying subtle flaws is critical. ASSESS is a nondestructive evaluation technology that leverages continuous ultrasonic excitation and laser Doppler vibrometry to make fast, high-quality inspections at stand-off distances. An automated full-structure ultrasonic…

Axalta Coating Systems’s Abcite 2060 is a breakthrough powder coating technology using innovative resin chemistry bringing unparalleled benefits. Foremost, Abcite 2060 powder coating offers sustainability benefits over incumbent liquid coating technology, containing no hazardous materials or VOCs. Abcite 2060 powder coating offers ease of application as it is applied in one layer on location without…