R&D 100 Awards
2010 R&D 100 Awards are now open!
R&D Magazine is now accepting entries for the 48th Annual R&D 100 Awards.
The Awards, widely recognized as the "Oscars of Innovation", identifies and celebrates the top high technology products of the year. Sophisticated testing equipment, innovative new materials, chemistry breakthroughs, biomedical products, consumer items, high-energy physics: the R&D 100 Awards spans industry, academia, and government-sponsored research.
How to Enter:
Step 1) Download the R&D 100 Entry Form. Answer all 12 questions on this form as best you can. For advice on how to complete the form, please see our How to Win an R&D 100 Award page.
Step 2) After you complete the questions, visit the R&D 100 Registration Page. Here you will make the payment to enter and receive instruction on how to upload your entry file to our server. The fee for entering the R&D 100 Awards is $295. The deadline for submissions is April 16, 2010.
New to the R&D 100 Awards? Learn more by reading the 10 Most Common R&D 100 Questions that R&D's editors get asked about our longest-running awards program.
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Meet the 2009 R&D 100 Award Winners
Top Stories
Jan 21
Interested in entering a new product in the R&D 100 Awards but don’t know whether it qualifies? Unsure about the entry process? Want to learn more about the history of R&D 100 Awards? Never heard of it before? Some of the most popular questions our editors are asked each year about the awards.
Jan 21
The goal of entering the R&D 100 Awards is, of course, to win. But obviously not every product can be chosen as the best of the best. So what does it take to earn the judge’s favor? After 47 years, R&D Magazine has a few good tips as to what they are looking for, and how you can really communicate the best aspects of your invention.
Hall Of Fame
9/26/2008
The Ultra-Rapid Polishing Slurry for Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors is a technology that uses a combination of reactive nanoparticles and chemistry to convert hard wide band-gap material into a softer layer for rapid removal. Smooth finishing is then accomplished with surfactant and other materials that refine the surface to atomic step levels.
9/24/2008
The Berkeley Lab PhyloChip is a DNA microarray that quickly, comprehensively, and accurately identifies species within microbial samples from any environmental source, without any culturing required.
9/29/2008
Waterproof breathable membranes are common in outdoor clothing and gear, but most still rely on expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) polymers, the most common polymer for microporous hydrophobic membranes, which is coated or laminated to an outer fabric layer. Xscape Membranes, made by ENTEK Membranes LLC, rely on a new material: ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE).
9/24/2008
Intensive development in light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for general lighting has yet to yield the reduced energy consumption and long-life lighting necessary to replace incandescent bulbs. But for use in automotive applications, the LED has made great strides. Automotive LED Headlamps from Koito Manufacturing Co. mark the first such devices fitted for low-beam use on a road vehicle, namely the 2007 Lexus LS600h/LS600hL.
9/24/2008
The investigators on CSI take many samples and quickly receive DNA test results, and by the end of a one-hour show, they arrest their suspect. Real-life forensics testing takes longer—sometimes months longer—and can cost thousands of dollars per sample. What if forensic sample testing could be faster and cheaper? With Antibody Profiling Identification—AbP ID, and accompanying software—Image ID from Idaho National Laboratory and Identity Sciences, LLC, it can be both.