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Seabed mining may be the best option to fill the impending gap in terrestrial supplies for nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements, which are increasingly used to manufacture electric vehicles and large lithium-ion batteries. Deep Reach Technology will design a novel nodule collector to minimize the impact of sediment plumes, which may disperse and cover the seabed beyond the mining area. The proj ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is the enablement of next generation manufacturing technologies for semiconductor devices. The deployment of novel semiconductor devices such as 3D NAND, the latest device architecture developed for flash memory, is often stymied by the development of nanomanufacturing processes. The objectiv ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will offer an improved and simpler alternative to existing equipment currently used at several stages of cell therapy manufacturing. An efficient, standardized, and scalable approach to manufacturing will accelerate the translation of lab-scale discoveries to curative, widely available therap ...

The broader/commercial impact of this SBIR Phase II project proposes continued development of a directional microwave ablation (MWA) system. During MWA, doctors use image guidance to insert a thin needle-like applicator into a target tumor and then energize the microwave antenna embedded in the applicator’s tip to heat and kill the tumor. MWA is especially important to the large population of ca ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will improve the use of water for the oil and gas (O&G) industry, especially during hydraulic fracturing, transforming the industry into a producer of fresh water and changing produced water from its current status as a waste product to a commodity. The proposed technology creates two reusable product ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to make on-site hydrogen generation convenient and economically viable. Hydrogen is a chemical used widely in industry and serves an alternative fuel source for electric vehicles, increasing drive range and shortening refueling time, but adoption has been limited by the needs for refueling ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project is to advance the development of new low-cost and high-efficiency solar cells. This process uses abundant natural resources as the raw material, using a novel technology to make parts that can be printed on plastic foils to significantly reduce manufacturing and installation costs. This proje ...

Experimentally obtained, structural models of macromolecules provide information that helps us to understand biochemical and chemical reactions and to design compounds that modulate these reactions. Therefore, methods that generate such structural models are highly significant to research and development efforts in industrial and governmental laboratories. Cryo-electron microscopy single particle ...

Novel discoveries are going to prove essential for attaining a significant percentage of oil output rather than solely depending on existing fields to keep up with the energy-demanding of the United States. As one of the critical sectors of Exploration and Production, seismic surveys are used to produce detailed images of local geology to determine the location and size of possible oil and gas res ...

Thermoelectric coolers (TECs) are a well-established technology. Solid-state TECs have no moving parts and provide more consistent, uninterrupted, maintenance-free, and environmentally friendly cooling when compared to traditional cooling systems such as vacuum-based refrigeration compressors. However, high costs and a slightly lower Coefficient of Performance (CoP < 1.0) relative to compression r ...