R&D scientific software provider Dotmatics announces the launch of Luma Lab Connect, which helps R&D laboratories automatically ingest data from instruments or data sources and centralize it in one place to increase accuracy and accelerate decision-making. Luma Lab Connect extracts descriptive metadata and experiment results from files and makes data available across labs and experiments…
QDx Pathology Services adopts Proscia’s software to improve speed and precision
QDx Pathology Services, an independent anatomical, molecular, and clinical pathology laboratory serving medical professionals and facilities throughout the U.S., is working with Proscia, a provider of digital and computational pathology solutions, to innovate its practice. The laboratory has deployed Proscia’s software to enable its pathologists to work faster and more confidently. Digital pathology is modernizing…
Q-CTRL integrates their error suppression technology into IBM Quantum services
Q-CTRL, a developer of useful quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, announces that its Q-CTRL Embedded software has been integrated as an option with IBM Quantum’s Pay-As-You-Go Plan to deliver advancements in quantum computing utility and performance. This integration represents the first time a third-party independent software vendor’s technology solution will be available for…
New GraphPad Prism offers open file format, plus collaboration, integration capabilities
Dotmatics, an R&D scientific software company connecting science, data, and decision-making, announces a major new release of its popular GraphPad Prism application, the world’s leading analysis and graphing solution for scientific research. Prism 10 introduces several features including a new, more open file format (.prism), a variety of core graphing and analysis improvements, and a…
U.S. DOE launches digitizing utilities prize for grid reliability and resilience solutions
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity (OE) has launched the $1.85 million Digitizing Utilities Prize Round 2. This competition aims to connect electric utilities with interdisciplinary teams of software developers and data experts to transform digital systems and data analytics for utilities in the energy sector. This round will also award prizes…
Q-CTRL first independent quantum software vendor to achieve ISO 27001 certification
Q-CTRL, a developer of useful quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, announces that it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification, making it the first independent software vendor (ISV) in the quantum technology sector to obtain this internationally recognized standard. ISO 27001 outlines best practices for information security management system (ISMS) implementation. Conformity with this International…
R&D 100 winner of the day: ALArM: Acoustic Large-Area Monitoring
ALArM, from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chevron USA Inc., and Evident Scientific, is a permanent acoustic sensing system for protecting entire large-area structures, including oil and gas facilities and civilian infrastructure. This patented system uses inexpensive, highly scalable sensor networks to detect damage and defects in complex, insulated, and underground inspection zones. It features an…
Revvity and Scitara expand relationship to accelerate laboratory digital transformation
Revvity announces that its Revvity Signals Software business has entered into a strategic relationship with Scitara — a provider of cloud-based solutions for the scientific industry. Together, the companies will transform the way R&D teams work across the biotech, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries with technology that accelerates digital transformation in the lab environment. Revvity Signals…
Neuroscientists to gain better insights with AI-powered image analysis
Leica Microsystems, a maker of microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has released version 12 of Aivia, its flagship AI image analysis software. Aivia 12 incorporates the Cellpose deep learning model to tackle dense neuron images, improving soma detection by as much as 46%. This release also streamlines AI-enabled 3D tracing of Golgi-stained images using new updates…
msFineAnalysis AI is next-generation software designed to perform qualitative analysis
With more than 50 years of innovation in mass spectrometry, JEOL is once again pushing science a step further with its introduction of msFineAnalysis AI, an artificial intelligence-powered software designed to automatically perform qualitative GC-MS analysis. msFineAnalysis AI offers a new structure analysis tool for unknowns that is specifically designed for the JEOL JMS-T2000GC “AccuTOF…
Revvity launches SaaS platform to accelerate drug and materials development
Revvity, Inc. has announced the launch of its Signals Research Suite, a unified, cloud-native SaaS platform that drives scientific collaboration across R&D disciplines from drug discovery to specialty chemicals material development. The new solution from Revvity Signals Software, the software and informatics arm of Revvity, is available worldwide. It integrates the Revvity Signals Notebook, VitroVivo,…
R&D 100 winner of the day: Automated Threat Estimator for Networks and Applications (ATHENA)
The rapid development of the internet has brought convenience to our everyday lives, as well as data vulnerabilities and exposures. According to Redscan Labs researchers, more than 50 common vulnerabilities and exposures were logged every day in 2021. Such vulnerabilities will only grow with increased adversary sophistication. It is no coincidence that the ATHENA software,…
R&D 100 winner of the day: The SEED Platform: Decarbonizing Cities Through Robust Data Management
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Co-developer: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory The Standard Energy Efficiency Data (SEED) Platform enables state and local governments to take immediate action on climate change. Buildings produce one-third of total carbon emissions in the U.S.; yet, with 146 million unique buildings spread across 50 states and D.C., there is no one-size-fits-all solution…
R&D 100 winner of the day: Health Analysis and Research for Public Events Tool (HARPE)
HARPE, from Argonne National Laboratory, examines physical security, cybersecurity, and public health so leaders can focus on the most impactful areas related to safety and security. It evaluates the evolving threats posed by a pandemic while maintaining a strong focus on traditional physical security and cybersecurity at venues and events. HARPE is an online assessment…
Accelerating biologics R&D with unified software and data flows
By Christian Olsen Associate VP, Industry Principal, Biologics at Dotmatics Biologics are changing the way we treat disease, affecting where companies invest, and, most importantly, impacting patients’ lives. Last year, nearly half of the 37 new drugs approved by the U.S. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) were biologics, while its partner agency the…
R&D 100 winner of the day: Hydra I/O: A system for highly resilient inter-chip communications
Many scientific and commercial systems require many constituent Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), but practical considerations require that these ASICs be addressed through a small number of external connections. Current approaches to this challenge are not resilient against failures of their constituent ASICs. If the DUNE Near Detector were to use a non-resilient technology to connect…
Metaspectral wins funding from Canadian Space Agency to develop greenhouse gas monitoring method
Metaspectral, a software company, has received funding as part of the smartEarth Canadian Space Agency initiative to build a method to systematically and methodically quantify the carbon dioxide (CO2) levels present at ground-elevation using hyperspectral data. Metaspectral has created a hybrid on-premise and cloud-based software platform that is used in a variety of industries to…
Digital transformation: Creating the pathways to bring scientists closer to the truth
By Laércio Fernandes, Product Marketing Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific Hypothesize, test, and repeat. For centuries, the fundamentals of the scientific method have helped researchers stride toward greater understanding, and these principles are just as sound today. In recent years, leaps in technological innovation have brought us faster analysis and a greater depth of understanding — two…
R&D 100 2021 winner of the day: Shadow Figment
Shadow Figment, developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, software defends critical infrastructure and operational systems against devastating cyberattacks using interactive decoys mapped to real devices. Decoys convince attackers they’re making progress by sending real-time, plausible operational signals. With the attacker safely preoccupied, Shadow Figment alerts defenders and gathers information to respond appropriately — without affecting…
Q-CTRL introduces quantum sensing division to meet market demands
Q-CTRL, a developer of useful quantum technologies through quantum control infrastructure software, introduces its quantum sensing division, which has become one of the largest in the world. The team will showcase its capabilities publicly for the first time at the Army Quantum Technology Challenge (QTC) in Adelaide on August 10 and 11. Q-CTRL is delivering…
SwRI develops automated shuttle for campus tours, research
From Southwest Research Institute Southwest Research Institute, a developer of software and systems integration for automated vehicles and robotics, has deployed an automated shuttle at its 1,500-acre campus. Capable of ferrying up to 14 passengers, the shuttle features algorithms, sensors, cameras and software that SwRI developed through internal research. “It is rewarding for our engineers…
R&D 100 winner of the day: AI-Rad Companion Organs RT
Siemens Healthineers’ AI-Rad Companion Organs RT is a comprehensive intelligent software that performs automatic segmentation of organs-at-risk at the level of consensus-based contours on computed tomography images for radiation therapy planning in cancer patients. Many of the most commonly cancer-impacted organs such as the prostate, lungs, colon, rectum and breasts are supported with automated contouring.…
R&D 100 winner of the day: WEC-Sim
Wave Energy Converter Simulator (WEC-Sim), from National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, is the first open-source code allowing developers to simulate WEC dynamics and performance, which lowers costs and reduces R&D cycle time in this pivotal and growing field. Wave energy can transform the way we power homes and businesses, lending resilience to…
Software platform helps researchers accelerate life-improving therapies
Dotmatics, a maker of R&D scientific software that connects science, data and decision-making, announces the release of its Small Molecule Drug Discovery Solution, an integrated scientific R&D platform with pre-configured workflows and expanded data management capabilities. The solution helps companies innovate more easily and expedites time to deployment by leveraging best practices derived from the…
R&D 100 winner of the day: ADS Codex: Adaptive DNA Storage Codec
Currently, warehouses the size of several football fields are used to store data on hard drives, and in the U.S. alone storage centers account for nearly two percent of the country’s electricity consumption. Soon, the world will generate more digital data than it can store. Los Alamos researchers have turned to DNA to store more…