Far More than Trivial

12/15/2011

In building and programming the world's most capable natural language processing computer, David Ferrucci, and IBM Research's DeepQA Team are shooting far higher than a million-dollar payday on "Jeopardy!".

The Business Side of Superconductivity

12/10/2010

The discovery of superconductors transformed the life of a young materials scientist. Now, R&D Magazine’s Innovator of the Year hopes his work will do the same for the rest of us.

A Collaborative Success

12/10/2010

R&D Magazine’s 2010 Young Innovator of the Year, Eric Dauler, PhD, knows best that collaboration is the key to innovation.

2010 R&D Innovator of the Year: Amit Goyal, PhD

11/9/2010

Amit Goyal, R&D Magazine’s 11th Innovator of the Year, is best known for his contributions to the practical use of high-temperature superconductors and his successful efforts in the development and fabrication of wires that allow HTS to be adopted in the commercial marketplace.

2010 R&D Young Innovator of the Year: Eric Dauler, PhD

11/9/2010

At age 30, Eric Dauler, PhD, has made significant contributions to the development of single-photon detectors, detector speeds, array sizes, multi-photon detection, and detector efficiency.

Dr. Kevin N. Sill: The Delivery of Innovation

12/21/2009

For people living with cancer, treating their disease successfully is often marred by the many side effects associated with intravenous chemotherapy. Emerging drug delivery technologies focus on limiting the exposure of healthy cells to these toxic agents, but few have the potential to improve patient care in a significant way. Kevin N. Sill, PhD, has designed an advanced method for encapsulating a wide variety of therapeutic agents into a polymer-based drug delivery system, called the IVECT Method.

Dr. Hans van Leeuwen: Fighting Famine with Fungi

12/21/2009

From water purification methods, to creating food and animal feed from waste, to making the purest alcohol ever, van Leeuwen has left his mark on society and throughout the world.

Young Innovator of the Year: Dr. Kevin Sill

11/2/2009

Cancer is a deadly disease that effects millions of people around the world annually. For some patients if the disease doesn’t kill them, the constant injections of toxic chemotherapy drugs could cause severe side effects. However, this era of toxic chemo drugs running throughout cancer victim’s bodies can come to a halt thanks to Kevin Sill PhD, chief science officer at Intezyne Technologies, Inc. (Tampa, Flor.), and his development of the IVECT Method.

Innovator of the Year: Dr. Hans van Leeuwen

11/2/2009

It all began with a boy and his interest in microorganisms and fungi. Dr. Hans van Leeuwen, president of MycoInnovations and Professor of Environmental and Biological Engineering at Iowa State Univ., was infatuated with these small intricate organisms at a young age, brewing beer and wine, and making cheese and yogurt during his school years. He still eats his homemade yogurt every morning for breakfast. Soon this hobby turned into major innovations that can be used around the world, with the hopes of making the world a cleaner and healthier place.

Innovation that Resonates

12/1/2008

In his quest to advance the early detection of breast cancer, Cameron Piron, the 2008 R&D Magazine Innovator of the Year, is staying at the forefront of a renaissance in magnetic resonance imaging.

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R&D 100: Now and Then

Apr 16

As R&D Magazine prepares for the 50th annual R&D 100 Awards, the editors take a stroll through the awards history, and invite former winners to join them.

R&D 100 Awards: Final Deadline is April 30

Apr 3

The editors of R&D Magazine have extended the submission deadline for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards to April 30, 2012, at 11:59 pm, eastern U.S. time. This is the FINAL DEADLINE. We cannot accept entries after that time.

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CC Radio - Episode 99

May 23

NIH bikes to work. For transcripts of this and other NIH Clinical Center podcasts, visit http://www.cc.nih.gov/podcast/

Blueshift - May 21, 2012: Astrophysicist to the Stars, Dr. David Saltzberg

May 21

In a follow-up to our previous interviews with co-creator of "The Big Bang Theory," Bill Prady, we interviewed Dr. David Saltzberg, the show's resident astrophysicist and science consultant. Find out more about his research, adventures in astrophysics, and how he keeps the science of the...