Berkeley Lab technologies enabling energy-saving roofs, next generation Li-S batteries, faster development of disease-fighting therapeutics, safer drinking water, and risk assessment for proposed carbon capture technologies each received 2016 R&D 100 Awards last week at a recognition event in Washington, D.C. Since 1984, Berkeley Lab has won 85 R&D 100 … [Read more...] about Five 2016 R&D100 Awards for Berkeley Lab Technologies
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Bio-Based Innovation Award Goes To Lygos
Berkeley Lab startup Lygos won the Bio-Based Chemical Innovation of the Year award at the Bio-Based Live conference in San Francisco for its technology to produce malonic acid from sugars derived from non-food biomass. The Lygos process, demonstrated in 2015 at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Biofuels Demonstration Unit (ABPDU), offers a cleaner alternative to the current approach of … [Read more...] about Bio-Based Innovation Award Goes To Lygos
IPO Talks Tech Transfer with Visiting Scientists
Technology Commercialization Associate Peter Bluford of Berkeley Lab's Innovation and Partnerships Office discussed the lab-to-market process for science innovations with two scientists -- Dr. Ureshnie Govender of of South Africa and Dr. Angeline Akelo Kasina of Kenya -- who visited Berkeley Lab last month as part of the State Department's TechWomen international exchange … [Read more...] about IPO Talks Tech Transfer with Visiting Scientists
Licensee Launches Lab-Developed Beamline Tool
MiTeGen LLC has launched the Sentinel™ Real-time Intensity Monitoring Beamstop System for X-ray beamlines based on a beamstop technology licensed from Berkeley Lab earlier this year. The device improves data collection from X-ray scattering experiments conducted by researchers seeking potential treatments for cancer, AIDS, Ebola, and other diseases. Earlier this summer, the … [Read more...] about Licensee Launches Lab-Developed Beamline Tool
Small Cleantech Businesses to Collaborate with Berkeley Lab
Eight cleantech businesses have been awarded small business vouchers ranging from $50,000 to $300,000 to access the unique expertise and facilities available at Berkeley Lab in Round 2 of DOE's Small Business Voucher (SBV) pilot program. The program is designed to speed entry of next-generation clean energy technologies. “Partnerships with entrepreneurs and small business … [Read more...] about Small Cleantech Businesses to Collaborate with Berkeley Lab