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1 PROJECT SUMMARY2 Humans are living longer, resulting in our bodies outliving our brains. Although behavioral changes and better3 management of health conditions can help reverse or slow down premature decline in brain function, pre-4 symptomatic adults are not identified early enough when these changes would make the most significant positive5 impact. Effective intervention requires early detect ...

Goodman Technologies (GT) patented and patent pending additively manufactured (AM) nanocomposite materials, registered trademark GTNANO®, are dual-use and include AM silicon carbide mirrors and telescopes, and  advanced radiation shielding that employs na

Actoprobe LLC proposes development of a novel class of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) active optical probes with dramatically increased sensitivity and spatial resolution for Near-Field Optical Nanospectroscopy and Nanoscopy. The innovation is accomplished by integrating a diode laser source and a photodetector into a silicon AFM probe in such a way that both the AFM tip and detector are inside the ...

Project SummaryLung cancer (LC) with over 2 million cases/year worldwide also remains the leading cause of cancer- related death in the US and Europe. Treating LC remains challenging due to ~60% of patients presenting with Stage IV disease, the heterogeneity of tumors with respect to genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that alter gene expression, and treatment-related resistance. Combining chemother ...

Geothermal is a critical, yet underutilized, resource for our nation’s climate and energy goals. Geothermal, like other new technologies whose socioeconomic impacts are not fully understood, may cause disproportionately high adverse effects on disadvantaged communities. This is especially true if the process does not fully account for their socioeconomic and cultural interests and concerns. Unfo ...

A major barrier to advances of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing and largescale DOE facilities is incomplete and inaccurate data sets. The proposed distributed framework offers a versatile, high-performance, and extremely scalable data consolidation platform, adept at handling vast amounts of data. The "data mesh" or "distributed data lake" architecture allows ...

Project Summary As a participant in the new IDeA Regional Entrepreneurship Development (I-RED) program, the goal of this proposal is to create an educational product to promote entrepreneurism and commercialization in the Mountain West region of IDeA states. The educational product and overall program are intended to address the needs of IDeA state academic institutions in developing and strengthe ...

Summary The objective of this grant is to develop a fully automated, Electronic Health Record (EHR)-integrable software application, “DR-SCRN”, to improve patient’s compliance to diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening; by predicting a patient’s risk of DR based on the analysis of patient’s own health data, and educating the patient as well as notifying the provider of the patient’s DR ris ...

Statement of the problem or situation that is being addressed:Nuclear fission generates volatile iodine isotopes which must be captured for safe disposal. This project will develop improved sorbents, which include reusable sorbents and sorbents that comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, for the capture and disposal of iodine-129.General statement of how this problem is being addr ...

Solstar’s Critical Data Relay Spacecraft Operational Status (CritDR-SOS), aka Deke, unit integrates with a spacecraft’s Telemetry, Tracking and Commanding (TT&C) system to provide first-ever bi-directional, continuous, internet-based monitoring of the spa