Groundbreaking Coventry University research could provide paramedics with crucial and potentially life-saving assistance when treating pedestrians hurt in road accidents. A detailed database of pedestrian injuries is being developed alongside a mathematical model, which can reverse-engineer pedestrian collisions and produce first-hand virtual CT scans from simple photographs of a patient’s injuries and the vehicle involved.…
R&D 100 winner of the day: Slycat
As simulation counts scale to many thousands, it becomes impossible for analysts to review all results individually. Sandia National Laboratories‘ Slycat, enables understanding of an ensemble without requiring users to view each simulation’s results. This is analogous to using text analysis to understand content in a set of documents without needing to first read them…
NNSA And Cornelis Networks to collaborate on next-generation high performance networking
From Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announces the award of an $18 million contract to Cornelis Networks for collaborative research and development in next-generation networking for supercomputing systems at the NNSA laboratories. The Next-Generation High Performance Computing Network (NG-HPCN) project for the NNSA’s Advanced Simulation…
TROY awarded $161K National Science Foundation grant
By Savanah Weed, University Relations Coordinator, Troy University Troy University professors continually make advancements in their respective fields, most recently with Dr. Raj Vinnakota’s acceptance of a $161,597 grant from the National Science Foundation to further research building a device that would allow for faster data recording and processing at the photon level. Faster speeds…
R&D 100 winner of the day: Mochi: Customizable Data Navigation Tool
Mochi, developed by Argonne National Laboratory, is a game-changing open-source tool for rapid development of customized data services supporting high-performance computing (HPC), big data and large-scale learning across many scientific fields. The Mochi framework enables composition of distributed data services from a collection of connectable modules and subservices. These customized data services require relatively small…
Siemens collaborates with Pasqal to research quantum applications in computer aided engineering, simulation and testing
Pasqal, a neutral atom-based quantum computing company, has announced a multi-year research collaboration with Siemens Digital Industries Software to advance the field of quantum computational multiphysics simulation. Siemens is well known in the field of computer-aided engineering. Pasqal’s proprietary quantum methods to solve complex nonlinear differential equations are expected to enhance the performance of Siemens’…
Q-CTRL and The Paul Scherrer Institute partner to support the scale-up of quantum computers
Q-CTRL, a developer of useful quantum technologies, announces a partnership with The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland’s largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences, to pioneer R&D in the scale-up of quantum computers. The strategic partnership will leverage Q-CTRL and PSI’s combined expertise to deliver transformational capabilities to the broader research community. This partnership…
R&D 100 winner of the day: SZ: A Lossy Compression Framework for Scientific Data
Scientific data reduction is a critical problem that must be addressed for the success of exascale supercomputers and next-generation facility-size scientific instruments at a time when they are urgently needed to address important societal problems like climate change, water management, advanced manufacturing and the development of new vaccines and drugs. The SZ compression framework for…
Agnostiq releases benchmark research on quantum computing hardware
Agnostiq, the first-of-its-kind quantum computing SaaS startup, has announced its latest benchmark research which analyzed the state of quantum computing hardware to determine its current and future practicality as a mainstream solution. The findings show that quantum computing hardware has improved over time and that application-specific benchmarks can serve as a more practical yardstick for…
R&D 100 of the day: Cloud-based Smart Point Cloud Processing (CSPCP)
Cloud-based Smart Point Cloud Processing (CSPCP), from National Center for High-performance Computing (NCHC) of National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), is the world’s first smart point cloud processing technology built on the cloud. It automatically corrects abnormal colors in point clouds and increases the rendered image quality through cloud services, accurately recreates digital three-dimensional (3D) scenes…
Scientists announce first proof of quantum boomerangs and share backstory of Google’s Time Crystal
Researchers will discuss new experimental milestones in quantum science at the 2022 APS March Meeting, during a press conference at 10 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The conference will be held onsite and streamed via Zoom. A new study in Physical Review X reports experimental evidence for a recently predicted quantum theory. “We…
R&D 100 winner of the day: dGen
National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s dGen is an open-source software that simulates customer adoption of distributed energy resources (DERs) through 2050. dGen is used by government and grid planning organizations to predict future energy systems at high spatial resolution and under diverse scenarios. It is an engine for equitably and cost-effectively integrating more DERs. The opensource…
R&D 100 winner of the day: Bigfoot Spectral Cell Sorter
The Bigfoot Spectral Cell Sorter with Sasquatch Software (SQS), Thermo Fisher Scientific and Propel Labs, is a flow cytometer that can analyze and sort cell populations based on scattered light and fluorescent properties at high speed and with high purity. It enables researchers to study more cell populations from limited quantity samples. Its high-speed electronics…
Biosero expands laboratory automation capabilities with new product launches
Biosero, a BICO company, and a developer of laboratory automation solutions to orchestrate scientific discoveries, announces the launch of several new products and features in the company’s Green Button Go software suite. Together, these products deliver an array of advanced capabilities to help customers streamline, control, and generate better results from their automated lab systems.…
R&D 100 winner of the day: ML-GA
Argonne’s ML-GA software technology provides a unique artificial intelligence-driven optimization suite to shrink the industrial design cycle for product development across a variety of markets. The basic principle behind ML-GA is the coupling of machine learning (ML)-based fast-running surrogate models (in place of computationally expensive simulations) with a global optimization technique (in this case, a…
TetraScience and PerkinElmer collaborate to provide cloud customers quicker improved scientific data outcomes
TetraScience, the R&D Data Cloud company, announces a new collaboration with PerkinElmer’s Informatics business to facilitate faster and better scientific decision-making for customers of PerkinElmer’s Signals Research Suite, a cloud-based, electronic lab notebook and informatics platform. Around the world today, millions of scientists at leading and emerging scientific research organizations use PerkinElmer’s Informatics solutions to…
Algorithm could shorten quality testing, research in many industries by months
From Sandia National Laboratories A machine-learning algorithm developed at Sandia National Laboratories could provide auto manufacturing, aerospace and other industries a faster and more cost-efficient way to test bulk materials. The technique was published recently in the scientific journal Materials Science and Engineering: A. Production stoppages are costly. So, manufacturers screen materials like sheet metal…
R&D 100 winner of the day: SmartTensors AI Platform
The SmartTensors AI Platform, developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is a scalable, unsupervised machine-learning software suite capable of identifying, extracting essential hidden features, and efficiently compressing information in massive datasets. SmartTensors autonomously analyzes and discovers hidden features, signatures and patterns otherwise undetectable and buried in tens of terabytes of data. Big data surrounds us…
Quantum technology startup awarded grant for advanced scientific computing research
Q-CTRL, a producer of useful quantum technologies, has announced the company’s U.S. office will receive a $230,000 Phase-1 SBIR grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for advanced scientific computing research. Q-CTRL’s funding is one of 158 grants totaling $35 million nationwide to support scientific innovation and clean energy development. Q-CTRL will leverage the…
MITRE and Quantum Moonshot team reach milestone on race toward a quantum computer
MITRE, MIT and Sandia National Laboratories are collaborating on a moonshot effort to build a quantum computer and recently published experimental findings in Nature Photonics. “We’re excited to announce a milestone toward scalable quantum computing,” said Gerald Gilbert, Ph.D., MITRE Fellow and leader of MITRE’s Quantum Moonshot program. “Based on optical entanglement of spin quantum…
Thermo Scientific’s new microscope collects and analyzes high-spatial resolution data
Thermo Fisher Scientific introduces the Thermo Scientific Nicolet RaptIR FTIR microscope. It enables users of varying experience levels to quickly locate areas of interest, collect high-spatial resolution visual and infrared data, and generate accurate results with minimal time and effort. This next-generation Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy microscope is designed to let researchers rapidly locate…
R&D 100 of the day: MSC MillMax
MSC MillMax, developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and MSC Industrial Supply, Manufacturing Laboratories, uses impact testing equipment and software to improve the milling performance on Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machine tools. The measurement and user interface allow programmers and machine operators to predetermine the tool-specific ideal cutting conditions for milling. Optimal milling conditions are…
How Sandia Labs is revealing the inner workings of quantum computers
From Sandia National Laboratories A precision diagnostic developed at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories is emerging as a gold standard for detecting and describing problems inside quantum computing hardware. Two papers published this week in the scientific journal Nature describe how separate research teams — one including Sandia researchers — used a Sandia…
COMSOL announces event series introducing Multiphysics Version 6.0
COMSOL, the maker of the COMSOL Multiphysics simulation software, has opened registration for COMSOL Day: Version 6.0, a series of online events held around the world for the computer-aided engineering (CAE) market. Starting on January 27, there will be four events to introduce COMSOL Multiphysics version 6.0 to a global, multiphysics simulation community of innovators…
R&D 100 winner of the day: Flux: Next-Generation Workload Management Software Framework
Flux, developed by researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a next-generation workload management framework for supercomputers, high-performance computing (HPC) clusters, servers in the cloud and laptops. It combines fully hierarchical resource management with graph-based scheduling to improve the performance, portability, flexibility and manageability of scheduling and execution of complex…