Applications of Technology: Sample preparation for semiconductor, pharmaceutical, energy, and materials science industries Autonomous characterization integration Benefits: Solvent-free particle transfer Increased customization of particle size selection Increased consistency and efficiency for experiments Background: Traditional sample preparation … [Read more...] about Advanced Autonomous Solvent-Free Sample Preparation for Electron Microscopy (2023-052)
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Autocatalytic Fuel Generators for Exponentially Scaling Product Yield (2024-159)
Applications of Technology: Renewable energy conversion to fuels CO2 utilization and conversion Electrochemical fuel production Compact energy storage systems Benefits: Exponential product yields and formation rates Adaptive behavior to address increasing production rates Efficient conversion of CO2 into formate or other fuels Potential for higher … [Read more...] about Autocatalytic Fuel Generators for Exponentially Scaling Product Yield (2024-159)
Phenix Software Accelerates Drug Discovery and the Study of Biological Systems
Problem: Crystallography (X-ray, neutron, electron) and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) are critical techniques used to study biological systems and develop new therapeutics. But for many decades analyzing and optimizing macromolecular structures from experimental data was a manual, time-intensive, and fraught process. In the late 1990s, Paul Adams, then a staff … [Read more...] about Phenix Software Accelerates Drug Discovery and the Study of Biological Systems
Advanced Pulse-to-Pulse Stabilization of Laser via Machine Learning (2025-036)
Applications of Technology: High-power laser systems Material processing Medical and surgical applications Defense and military Nuclear fusion experiments Laser-plasma accelerators Benefits: Enhanced beam stability in high-power, low-repetition rate lasers Reduces pointing error to a fraction of the laser beam size at the focal point … [Read more...] about Advanced Pulse-to-Pulse Stabilization of Laser via Machine Learning (2025-036)
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Grid Modernization Technologies Hardware Technologies Software Technologies Hardware Technologies Locating Potential Transformer Failures in the Power Grid (2017-111) This invention is used to locate the position of partial discharge events in the power grid based on the information from a set of ultra-high frequency (UHF) sensors from the transformer. Monitoring … [Read more...] about Grid Modernization