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From idea to impact: invention disclosure protects innovation and encourages scientific research

October 9, 2024

When federal researchers and staff create or invent something, they also create intellectual property (IP). As with all federal employees and agencies, NOAA staff are required to report all IP created during the course of their employment through a process…

Technology Transfer Program Manager is featured on The Triple Point podcast

November 16, 2023

On The Triple Point podcast, TPO Technology Transfer Program Manager, Wayne MacKenzie, discusses his career trajectory and his history in the Weather Service, and shared information about NOAA’s public-private partnerships and research to commercialization efforts.

Patenting innovation in climate science

June 21, 2023

Parikha Mehta has spent the last four months focused on the intersection of intellectual property and climate and environmental technologies while on an employee exchange (known as a detail) at NOAA from the U.S Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Her…

NOAA scientists are working to decode Earth’s atmosphere

April 17, 2023

Using a converted Cold War-era bomber, NOAA's chemical sciences laboratory is working to decode the makeup of our stratosphere.

NOAA scientist’s patented design expands the limits of atmospheric research

March 22, 2023

The new instrument is smaller, lighter and much more sensitive to low concentrations of nitrogen oxides. NOAA scientist Andrew Rollins was awarded a U.S. Patent for his innovative design in August 2022.

Applications open for NOAA Applied Technology Program Specialist

January 31, 2023

The NOAA Technology Partnerships Office seeks to hire an Applied Technology Program Specialist, The Specialist will encourage the timely disclosure of innovative technologies by NOAA labs; oversee intellectual property protections and technology transfer; develop strategic partnerships between NOAA and industry,…

NOAA scientists receive Technology Transfer award

December 8, 2022

A NOAA-led team of scientists will be recognized at this year’s 2022 Governor’s Awards for High Impact Research event on December 14 in Denver, Colorado. The event is sponsored by CO-LABS and will honor NOAA and CIRES award recipients for both…

NOAA technology used to research deep-sea volcanic and hydrothermal activity

August 24, 2022

As part of the ongoing Tonga Eruption Seabed Mapping Project a team of scientists conducted a deep-water survey to better understand impacts of the January 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption on the ocean environment.

Eruption highlights how NOAA technological innovation powers public safety, economic development, and scientific discovery

July 7, 2022

When a volcano in the South Pacific Ocean erupted in January 2022, NOAA researchers were well-equipped to study the multi-hazard event by sky and by sea. Key technologies and strategic partnerships made it possible for NOAA to issue warnings that…

NOAA’s Cooperative R&D Agreements – Supporting Partnerships with the U.S. Private Weather Industry

May 31, 2022

NOAA laboratories regularly partner with private sector companies to conduct work that is mutually beneficial and helps to accomplish the NOAA mission.

Public-private research partnerships are fueling NOAA innovation

January 11, 2022

A record number of NOAA Cooperative Research and Development Agreements in 2021 has generated scientific and economic benefits Research partnerships are increasingly important as scientists work to address complex global problems like coastal resilience, food security, and climate change.

Exploring the Pacific Arctic Seasonal Ice Zone With Saildrone USVs

January 10, 2022

NOAA PMEL researchers sent ocean drones to the U.S. Arctic to test their remote navigation capabilities close to ice and to collect data on Arctic weather, climate, and ecosystems. The saildrones were equipped to observe oceanic and atmospheric variables that…

Small Company Thrives on Commercialization of NOAA’s Miniaturized Particle Spectrometer

August 24, 2021

POPS is a low-cost, high-sensitivity alternative to traditional aerosol measurement technologies. For many people, hiking is a peaceful escape from everyday stressors. For Dr. Ping Chen, CEO of Handix Scientific Inc., hiking was a starting point of his success. In…

NOAA Awarded U.S. Patent for Innovative Lionfish Trap

April 26, 2021

Device could help protect threatened ecosystems and aid fishing communities The Challenge Over the last 20 years, invasive lionfish populations have dramatically increased throughout the western Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. Lionfish have already caused a decline…

New technology uses NOAA data to provide faster disaster warnings

October 16, 2020

Mayday.ai applies artificial intelligence to NOAA satellite imagery to detect natural disasters, starting with wildfires Story originally published on Environmental News Network In 2017, as Kian Mirshahi watched wildfires rage across his home state of California, he wondered if there…

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