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Recovering Critical Elements from Acid Mine Drainage
THE CHALLENGE
The demand for certain elements, such as Manganese (Mn), Cobalt (Co), and Nickel (Ni), has surged in recent years due to the rapid growth of battery production for electric vehicles and utility-scale energy storage. The United States government has deemed Co, Ni, and Mn critical elements, primarily because of the country’s high...
Published: 11/8/2023
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Inventor(s): Wencai Zhang, Qi Li
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Technology Classifications > Mining and Recycling, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials
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Transparent NanoplasmonicMeshes for
Bio-interfaced Multimodal Biochemical Sensing
THE CHALLENGE
For multicellular systems such as microbial biofilms and tumors it is essential to capture the holistic system-level spatiotemporal picture. This allows for the understanding of complex and dynamically evolving biological activities to determine effective therapeutic intervention methods. Currently, standard bioanalysis methods do not...
Published: 2/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Aditya Garg, Wei Zhou, Elieser Mejia
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biotechnology
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New process for selective polysaccharide derivative oxidation
THE CHALLENGE
Aqueous solubility and controllable release are essential for bioactive compounds. In the case of oral drug delivery, poor aqueous solubility of a drug can lead to low bioavailability. For poorly bioavailable drugs, higher doses are required to achieve a therapeutic concentration in systemic circulation. This can in turn have negative...
Published: 11/7/2023
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Inventor(s): Kevin Edgar, Brittany Nichols, Ann Norris, Laura Mosquera-Giraldo, Lynne Taylor, Junyi Chen, Charles Frazier, Benjamin Adams
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials, Technology Classifications > Biotechnology, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biomedical, Technology Classifications > Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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Residual Glioblastoma and Glioma Cell Capture
THE CHALLENGE
Physical removal of tumors in most cases cannot eradicate all the cancerous cells in the affected area. The cells that are left behind are known as residual tumor cells due to their inability to be removed. Some of these residual cells are also resistant to chemotherapy which make them particularly threatening as this is the primary method...
Published: 1/31/2024
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Inventor(s): Zerin Khan, Scott Verbridge, Timothy Long, Eli Vlaisavljevich
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biomedical, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Pharmacology and Therapeutics
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Multiresonant Plasmonic Meshes for Bio-interfaced
Sensing and Actuation
THE CHALLENGE
Mesh plasmonic devices have the potential to combine the biocompatibility of polymeric meshes with the capabilities of plasmonic nanostructures to enhance nanoscale light-matter interactions for bio-interfaced optical sensing and actuation. However, scalable integration of uniformly structured plasmonic hotspot arrays with polymeric meshes...
Published: 2/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Aditya Garg, Wei Zhou, Peter Vikesland
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biomedical, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biotechnology, Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials
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New Carbon Dioxide Absorbent Material
THE CHALLENGE
Concerns of global warming have been growing over the last decade. One of the driving forces of these concerns is the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It allows more heat into the atmosphere than most other particles while also remaining in the atmosphere for a very long time. Due to this, methods for absorbing and utilizing...
Published: 11/1/2023
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Inventor(s): Amanda Morris, Jie Zhu
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Environment/Green Tech
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Smart Work Zone System
THE CHALLENGE
Roadside work zones present imminent safety hazards for roadway workers as well as passing motorists. In 2016, 764 fatalities occurred in work zones in the United States due to motor vehicle traffic crashes, and in 2017, a work zone crash occurred once every 5.4 minutes in the U.S., adding up to almost 100,000 work zone crashes, a 7.8%...
Published: 11/1/2023
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Inventor(s): Michael Mollenhauer, Jean Paul Talledo Vilela, Elizabeth White, Christopher Cox, Nazila Roofigari-Esfahan, Sidhant Singhal
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Transportation
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Enhancing Phosphate-Use Efficiency
THE CHALLENGE
Mineable Phosphorus, while essential for maintaining food security worldwide, is becoming increasingly scarce as the global population increases. Furthermore, this nonrenewable resource is inefficiently allocated in urban and agricultural areas and detrimentally impact the environment. Wastewater treatment and overfertilization lead to...
Published: 12/18/2023
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Inventor(s): Glenda Gillaspy, Catherine Freed, Sarah Williams, Zhiwu Wang
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Environment/Green Tech
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A Novel One-Pot Process for Synthesis of Graphene and Graphene-Derivatives from Coals
Graphene is a potential "miracle" material with superior properties of tensile strength, thermal and electrical conductivity, and corrosion resistance. Current graphite-based production processes result in very high priced graphene (a gram of graphene oxide can cost over $150), which acts as barrier for commercial exploitation of this remarkable...
Published: 2/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Roop Mahajan, Seul-Yi Lee
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Chemicals/Materials, Technology Classifications > Environment/Green Tech
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Novel Production Method of Stink Bug Pheromone
for Crop Protection
THE CHALLENGE
In integrated pest management, synthetic pheromones are often deployed in traps or with trap crops to lure insects away from commercial crops. Currently these pheromones are chemically synthesized and applied to trap crops. This form of production has limited sustainability and there are difficulties with high yield production. Therefore,...
Published: 11/1/2023
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Inventor(s): Dorothea Tholl, Jason Lancaster
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Agriculture, Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Biotechnology
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