To address inefficiencies in transmitting electricity over smart grids, engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and their collaborators have developed a light-activated switch that, if fully deployed, could reduce carbon emissions by more than 10%. Learn more.
ARS dominates list of most-used prediction technologies to help decrease soil loss
Scientists at the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) designed seven of the top 10—and 13 of the top 25—most used predictive technologies/ simulation models that are reducing the loss of soil to erosion around the world, according to a recently published study that illustrates the broad reach of technology transfer. Learn more.
Submissions for 2021 Linsteadt technology transfer achievement award are due July 16
The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research and Engineering requests nominations for the FY 2021 George F. Linsteadt Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer by 5 p.m. on July 16. The Linsteadt Award recognizes the outstanding achievements that enable and advance Department of Defense (DoD) technology transfer. Learn more.
The National Institutes of Health has started a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in which adult volunteers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will receive booster doses of different COVID-19 vaccines to determine the safety and immunogenicity of mixed boosted regimens. Learn more.
Plan now for 2021 Maritime Research Symposium and student poster contest
Save the dates of November 2-4 for the 2021 Maritime Risk Symposium, hosted by the University of Houston College of Technology. Federal laboratories that work with college students will also want to note that the event will include a Student Research Poster Competition, which has a submission deadline of September 15. Learn More.