R&D 100 Awards

Brookhaven chemist Radoslav Adzic and his research team developed durable, high-performing, low-platinum electrocatalysts optimized for use in electric vehicle fuel cells.

Researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) developed the Maia x-ray microprobe detector system, capable of imaging everything from Rembrandt paintings to soil deposits 1,000 times faster than previous methods.

Collaborating with Hybridyne Imaging Technologies, Inc., Brookhaven scientists invented a compact gamma camera called ProxiScan, capable of detecting prostate cancer at an early stage and raising the chances of early diagnosis and treatment.

National Synchrotron Light Source scientists developed the Sagittal Focusing Laue Monochromator, the first device able to focus a large spread of high-energy x-rays to study physics, biology, and nanotechnology with superior beam intensity, higher image resolution, and greater efficiency.

Kansas State University and Yinnel Tech, Inc. collaborated with Brookhaven to create a highly efficient, low-cost portable radiation detector for homeland security applications, nuclear medical imaging, environmental monitoring and cleanup, galactic events studies, and nuclear-weapons safeguards.

Biophysicist F. William Studier developed a new process that simplifies the production of proteins in the T7 gene expression system (also patented at Brookhaven Lab), implemented worldwide by academic and industrial researchers using proteins as enzymes, diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics and targets for developing pharmaceuticals.