Technology Novel Metabolite-Based Diagnostic Technology for Accurate Cavernous Angioma Identification and Risk Assessment Newly identified plasma metabolites linked to cavernous angioma, a neurovascular disease, using machine learning and multi-omics data to improve diagnostic precision and offer new insights for developing specific biomarkers The…
News Innovation on Display During Chain Reaction Innovations’ Demo Day Participants in Argonne’s entrepreneurship program will showcase their innovative technologies at Chicago’s Gleacher Center on September 12. For 18 months entrepreneurs in the first cohort of Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI),...
Technology Low-loss Niobium Josephson Junctions That Improve Quantum Device Performance SUMMARY The invention introduces a method for fabricating low-loss niobium Josephson junctions which enhance quantum device performance by using niobium superconductors that are separated by an aluminum oxide barrier and…
Technology Enhanced Nitrogen Vacancy Synthesis in Diamond: Minimizing Hydrogen Passivation Keywords: Electron radiation effects, Ion implantation, Spectroscopy, Chemical vapor deposition, Optical fibers, Quantum information This method mitigates hydrogen passivation of nitrogen vacancy centers (NV centers) in diamond through vacuum annealing…
Technology Low-Input Methylation Sequencing For Profiling Epitranscriptomic Signatures And Early Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis A method that analyzes cfRNA methylation in plasma to distinguish human RNA from microbiome RNA, accurately detecting colorectal cancer through specific methylation markers even in ultralow input samples. The Unmet…
News Inertial: Tackling Carbon Emissions through Supersonic Innovation Inertial is a participant in cohort 2 of Resurgence, a cleantech accelerator led by the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in partnership with the Pritzker School...
News Winter 2026 Collaboratorium Connects Scientific Breakthroughs with Business Insight Bringing together cutting-edge research and real-world business expertise, the Winter 2026 Collaboratorium will feature ventures spanning photonic computing, advanced therapeutics, energy, materials science, and artificial intelligence from across the Midwest...
News Polsky Weekly 10 // April 17 Nature’s Fynd raises $80M, UChicago’s COVID-19 plasma study, TAIGER scores University investment, and more.
Technology Peripheral Blood-Based Proteinomic Test for The Diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) The current clinical standards for diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) include lung biopsies and radiographic examination, which cannot reliably discriminate between IPF patients and those with similarly presenting lung diseases. …
Technology Engineered Flt3L Variants For Antigen Tolerance Induction Engineered recombinant fusion of the dendritic cell growth factor Flt3L to serum albumin to modulate the antigen-presenting compartment and bias it toward tolerance particularly against therapeutic proteins. The Unmet Need:…
Technology Method to Integrate Diamond with Other Functional Materials for Quantum Technologies Keywords: Quantum Information, Spin Coherence, Condensed Matter, Solid State Qubits This technology enables diamond to be integrated with other functional materials enabling the fabrication of diamond-based heterostructures, which are ideal…
Technology Antibody-Based Therapeutics For Inhibiting Growth Hormone Receptor Dimerization And Signaling Antibodies that block growth hormone signaling by binding the receptor or hormone to stop receptor pairing, based on high-affinity, defined sequences for therapeutic and research use. The Unmet Need: Effective…
