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Agricultural practices are a major driver of climate change, contributing globally 19–29% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the costs to small and mid-size farms to engage in and produce climate-smart farming practices and consumer-branded products are out of reach, in terms of time and money. The adoption of circular smart agriculture provides a pathway to combat the uns ...

Agricultural practices are a major driver of climate change, contributing globally 19–29% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the costs to small and mid-size farms to engage in and produce climate-smart farming practices and consumer-branded products are out of reach, in terms of time and money. The adoption of circular smart agriculture provides a pathway to combat the uns ...

The broader/commercial impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be to utilize quantum computing to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, initially to solve problems in the aerospace and automotive industries. The technology may also play a vital role in national defense, as CFD is critical in designing aircraft, missiles, armored vehicles, and ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is the accelerated adoption of electrification and other next-generation technologies, like renewable energy. This project proposes a technology to effectively manage end-of-life lithium-ion batteries through reuse. Enabling these batteries to be safely incorporated into a circular/reuse econo ...

Abstract: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common liver diseases in children and adults associated with diet-associated hepatic lipid accumulation (steatosis), and is a common hepatic manifestation of obesity and metabolic syndromes including diabetes. Modulation Therapeutics is developing a stearoyl- coenzyme A desaturase-1 (SCD1) inhibitor for the treatment of NAFLD a ...

Abstract: Developing a Digital Training and Assessment Platform to Disseminate a Successful NIH- Supported College Preparation Model for Diversifying the U.S. Biomedical Workforce This Phase 1 SBIR project will design and test a digital training and assessment platform—HSTA Hatch—to help geographic regions outside West Virginia (WV) establish workforce development programs for grade 9-12 youth ...

NextGen Federal Systems (NextGen), a Small Business Concern (SBC), is excited to propose a powerful software package, coupled database, and a machine-learning (ML) workflow to support streamlined evaluation and research-to-operations (R2O) of space weather ML models and techniques. In response to the NOAA Effect of Space Weather subtopic (NOAA SBIR 9.5), we propose the Machine Intelligence for Spa ...

NextGen proposes the novel Spacecraft Anomaly Resolution Knowledgebase (SPARK) secure and centralized anomaly database and space environment anomaly analysis tool.nbsp;nbsp; SPARK extends the relevant Space Radiation Intelligence System (SPRINTS; Engell et al., 2017) framework to offer highly reactive user dashboards capable of visualizing 35+ years of space weather time-series and associated even ...

Space Truth: The Non-TLE-Based Propagator The US Space Force has identified the need to improve Space Domain Awareness (SDA) capabilities. To adequately account for orbit trim maneuvers (OTM) and trajectory correction maneuvers (TCM), higher fidelity propagators are needed. The main component of this Space Truth: The Non-TLE Based Propagator effort is establishing these highly precise, low-error m ...

O Analytics Incorporated (OAI) has partnered with West Virginia University (WVU) to propose a solution to significantly improve real-time space object characterization for low earth orbit (LEO) targets – specifically satellites; by uniquely combining proven super-resolution and fast kinematic methods; that can be used with current Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensor technology; and can be ap ...