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There is a clear need to improve weather forecasting accuracy. The greatest contributions to forecast uncertainty is a lack of meteorological observations over remote areas and areas experiencing pronounced convective activity. StratoSolutions’ new high-altitude balloon (HAB) platform with mini-dropsonde is a disruptive new uncrewed meteorological observation data source able to collect data at ...

Ocean ecosystems are critical to the regulation of Earth’s climate and biodiversity, while also hosting a range of direct and indirect benefits to people, from food supply to recreation. Coastal ocean systems are dynamic regions especially rich in diverse biological and geochemical interactions. However, major gaps exist in our knowledge of the primary biogeochemical processes and the factors re ...

LobsterLift is a ropeless fishing device that will enable lobstermen to continue to use their lobster trap- fishing gear without requiring the traditional vertical ropes that endanger the North Atlantic right whale (NARW), a species on the brink of extinction. We are seeking a 6-month research grant for $150,000 that will enable LobsterLift LLC to conduct feasibility research, product development, ...

Field Data Services (FDS) proposes a technical feasibility study of newly available solid state LiDAR sensor chips for detecting migrating anadromous fish in small spawning streams. The LiDAR chip, first introduced in October 2020, uses an invisible infrared laser to measure time-of-flight distances to nearby objects with millimeter accuracy. This tiny computer chip is breakthrough technology that ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project seeks to demonstrate a technology advance in the field of imaging mass spectrometry. A successful project will enable: (1) markedly improved mass resolving power sufficient to separate key mass interferences that limit the technique, and (2) introduction of a new generation of position-sensitive ion detectors to dramatically improve data acqu ...

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is the low-cost assessment of the health of structures or buildings.Often property-owners and infrastructure managers do not have a true and fair view of the actual state of their building assets. Building health is assessed from infrequent inspections or monitoring that is often uneconomical for smaller structure ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is that it will help address the major concerns of climate change and sustainability of arable lands. The two common methods of weed control in the agricultural industry, herbicides and soil tillage, have a negative impact on the environment and soil sustainability. The health of the microbial ...

The broader impact /commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to improve care for the 27 million American women with involuntary urine leakage. Such leakage is highly prevalent, affecting one in three adult women and worsening with age. Most women avoid medical treatment, either because they accept their leakage as natural or hold an unfavorable view ...

The broader impact of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to increase the all-around strength of three dimentional (3D)-printed polymer objects, which will make such objects more useful for structurally-stressed prototypes and manufactured products (including prototypes and products that are physically large).The prposed strength gains are expected from embedding cont ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to enable accurate, continuous, and widely available blood pressure (BP) measurements. The current standard of care is single point-in-time BP monitoring using an arm-cuff device. This method has two basic drawbacks: inaccuracy and the inability to measure BP continuously over 24 hours, lim ...