TS-075918 — Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential for advanced manufacturing, energy technologies, electronics, and defense applications, yet their separation remains one of the most challenging and costly steps in the supply chain. Conventional separation methods often require extensive processing, hazard…

TS-075868 — Clinicians managing pediatric patients supported by a ventricular assist device must routinely assess pump performance by visually estimating membrane fill and ejection during pump cycles. These evaluations are critical for patient management but are inherently subjective, time-consuming, and pron…

TS-075845 — Drug discovery, biologics development, cell therapy research, and advanced in vitro testing all rely on large numbers of cell-based experiments. While continuous perfusion can improve biological relevance by maintaining nutrient availability, removing waste products, and better mimicking physiolog…

TS-075834 — Indoor moisture and mold exposure remain significant challenges for building owners, environmental testing providers, and public health stakeholders. Existing detection methods often focus on visible contamination, microbial growth, or genetic signatures, but they may not directly measure biologic…

TS-075755 — Electrification of high-power off-highway equipment remains challenging due to highly variable operating conditions, unpredictable duty cycles, demanding torque requirements, and limited charging infrastructure. Conventional energy management approaches often struggle to balance fuel efficiency, b…

TS-075750 — Agricultural tractors operate under highly variable conditions that make power demand, fuel consumption, and equipment performance difficult to predict. Differences in soil characteristics, terrain, field layouts, implements, and operator practices can cause substantial variability in energy use, …

TS-075721 — Transportation manufacturers continue to face increasing pressure to improve vehicle energy efficiency, extend electric vehicle range, and reduce emissions without adding significant cost, weight, or system complexity. While passive aerodynamic features such as strakes and deflectors are commonly …

TS-075686 — The rapid growth of AI training and high-performance computing workloads is driving chip power densities beyond the capabilities of many conventional cooling approaches. Data center operators face a difficult tradeoff between supporting next-generation high-power processors and controlling the sub…

TS-075663 — High-power laser systems, advanced sensing platforms, and emerging photonic architectures increasingly require optical fibers capable of operating across challenging wavelength regimes and extreme power densities. However, many high-performance crystalline fiber materials are difficult to process …

TS-075637 — Microfluidic and organ-on-chip platforms are gaining importance in drug discovery, toxicity testing, diagnostics, and advanced biological research. However, widespread adoption remains constrained by the difficulty of connecting microscale devices to conventional fluid delivery hardware. Existing …

TS-075600 — Incremental forging offers manufacturers a flexible route to produce near-net-shape components without dedicated dies, but process planning remains highly dependent on operator expertise, trial-and-error development, and time-consuming programming. As part geometries become more complex, determini…

TS-075588 — As federated learning expands across IoT, industrial, automotive, and connected-device ecosystems, maintaining reliable model training on energy-constrained edge devices remains a major challenge. Many devices operate on limited batteries or intermittent harvested energy, making continuous partici…

TS-075572 — The transition to advanced electronics, electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and defense technologies is driving growing demand for rare-earth elements. However, many valuable rare-earth resources exist in dilute waste streams, recycling processes, low-grade leachates, and hydrometallurgic…

TS-075552 — The battery industry is under increasing pressure to develop cathode materials that deliver higher energy density while reducing reliance on expensive and supply-constrained metals such as cobalt and nickel. Cation-disordered rock-salt (DRX) cathodes have emerged as promising candidates due to the…

TS-075528 — Flying-disc activities are enjoyed across sports, recreation, pet training, and adaptive athletics, yet participants often rely on a second person to provide consistent throws. This limits opportunities for independent practice, recreational play, and accessibility for individuals with mobility li…

TS-075519 — A galactose-based RAFT chain transfer agent (Gal-RAFT) that incorporates a sugar moiety at the polymer terminus, enabling the synthesis of well-defined polymers with an integrated carbohydrate handle for subsequent biological applications.

TS-075512 — Organizations invest substantial resources in employee training and professional development, yet many struggle to demonstrate a clear connection between training expenditures, workforce performance, and career advancement. Human resources teams often lack effective tools to identify specific skil…

TS-075489 — Organizations across healthcare, government, finance, market intelligence, and regulatory sectors routinely generate large collections of reports containing valuable tabular data. While these reports often follow consistent formats, extracting, comparing, and analyzing information across multiple …

TS-075450 — Safety-critical systems in industries such as energy, aerospace, industrial automation, and advanced manufacturing are becoming increasingly complex, integrating hardware, software, controls, sensors, and communication networks. Existing fault analysis methods are often domain-specific and require…

TS-075425 — Many vehicle-based transactions and automated services rely on proximity technologies such as RFID, NFC, GPS, or license plate recognition. These approaches can struggle with lane-level accuracy, require dedicated hardware installed on vehicles, or are vulnerable to misidentification when multiple…