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Market Snapshot: Water & Wastewater Treatment
While we may have all learned about the water cycle in elementary school, the water that comes out of your tap follows a much more complex process. Wastewater includes used water or sewerage water from households and industries that are


Market Snapshot: Electron Microscopy
Did you know that Galileo Galilei perfected the first device known as a microscope in 1609? Today, microscopes enable researchers to conduct in-depth academic and exploratory research using increasingly complex methods and technologies. With the interest in life science areas


Market Snapshot: Precision Agriculture
Agriculture, in its most general sense, is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock and is credited with shifting civilization from hunter gatherers to permanent settlements. Today, the agricultural landscape is increasingly complex as society looks for new,


Market Snapshot: Remote Patient Monitoring
The field of telehealth is increasingly used by practitioners and patients to address acute or long-term medical concerns. Within this broader field, remote patient monitoring allows patients to use mobile medical devices and technology to gather patient-generated health data (PGHD)


Market Snapshot: Aircraft Composites
Composites have been used in the aerospace industry for decades and are prized for their exceptional strength and light weight. As the percentage of aircraft bodies using these materials increases, so does the need for improved techniques and properties for


Market Snapshot: Additive Manufacturing
From schools and public libraries to the Department of Defense and industry, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology is being used everywhere. Additive manufacturing (AM) encompasses many technologies, including subsets like 3D printing, rapid prototyping, direct digital manufacturing, layered manufacturing


Market Snapshot: Autonomous & Semi-Autonomous Vehicles
The automobile and driving have been cornerstones of both industry and daily life for over a century. However, in recent years more and more portions of this way of life have become automated. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)


Market Snapshot: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
As recently as a decade or two ago, the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) becoming a part of our everyday lives seemed like a bit of a stretch to the average person, however, today many of us use it to


Market Snapshot: Smart Grid Technology
When we think about next generation technology and innovation many of us think about advances in computing, medical devices, miniaturization of electronics, and more, but what is truly powering that innovation? While the power and electric grid has changed over


Market Snapshot: Coatings & Corrosion Inhibitors
The National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) was established in 1943 by eleven corrosion engineers from the pipeline industry, and now serves nearly 36,000 members in over 130 countries. In its comprehensive 2016 “International Measures of Prevention, Application and Economics


Market Snapshot: Point-of-Care Testing
The effective management and control of infectious diseases presents a critical challenge for healthcare workers and officials across the globe. Fortunately, advances in the development and adoption of point-of-care testing (POCT) solutions may provide solutions to this challenge by quickly


Market Snapshot: Radiation Monitoring & Detection
What do earthquakes in Japan, cancer diagnostics, and arms security have to do with each other? Radiation monitoring and detection devices are part of an evolving social, political, and technological landscape related to shifts within the energy, medical, defense, and