TS-074512 — Modern diesel and high‑performance internal combustion engines demand pistons that withstand extreme thermal and mechanical loads while becoming lighter, more fuel‑efficient, and lower cost to manufacture. Steel pistons offer durability advantages over aluminum but are traditionally heavy and …

TS-074467 — Many emerging applications in communications, sensing, and imaging require detectors that can operate with high sensitivity at infrared wavelengths where silicon alone performs poorly. Existing infrared detector technologies often involve trade‑offs between sensitivity, noise, manufacturability,…

TS-074441 — Chemical looping gasification and combustion are promising pathways for low‑carbon energy conversion, CO₂ capture, and syngas production, but their commercial deployment is constrained by the performance of available oxygen carrier materials. Existing metal oxide oxygen carriers often suffer f…

TS-074433 — Researchers and organizations studying polar and marine environments increasingly rely on ice cores to understand climate processes, contaminant transport, and biogeochemical change. However, existing ice core processing tools are largely optimized for relatively clean, homogeneous samples and str…

TS-074383 — Many advanced sensing, imaging, and optoelectronic systems rely on compound semiconductors that outperform silicon in key spectral and electronic regimes, particularly in the infrared. However, these materials are expensive and difficult to scale, while silicon remains the industry standard for hi…

TS-074364 — Senior executives struggle to understand and prioritize cybersecurity risk in business terms. Existing vulnerability scoring systems rely on opaque or arbitrary measures that fail to connect cybersecurity decisions to financial impact, staffing costs, or operational tradeoffs. As a result, organiz…

TS-074344 — Air conditioning is a major driver of global electricity demand, peak load stress, and greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in hot and humid climates. Conventional vapor-compression systems rely on electricity-intensive compressors, struggle with efficient humidity control, and are poorly matche…

TS-074333 — Chemical batteries provide high power output but are constrained by finite stored energy and the need for periodic recharging. This is often impossible in remote, sealed, or radiation‑intensive environments such as space systems, subsea platforms, and isolated terrestrial installations. Radiovol…

TS-074316 — Pre‑Launch Start‑Up Opportunity: Seeking Business Leads ElectroTag is a multiplex diagnostics platform that enables simultaneous measurement of multiple disease‑associated proteins from a small patient sample. The system replaces conventional color‑based labels with mass‑encoded peptide tags that are read by mass spectrometry, delivering higher analytical specificity and a clear path to expanding from small to large biomarker panels while maintaining streamlined workflows.

TS-074315 — Pre‑Launch Start‑Up Opportunity ElectroFuel‑MES offers an electrified bioprocess that turns heterogeneous food and agricultural waste streams into higher‑value fuels and chemicals, providing an energy‑efficient alternative to anaerobic digestion and thermochemical treatment.