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| Rank | Discovery / Scientific Entity | Domain | NASA TRL | SMS Score | 30D Delta | Key Institutions | Replication | Lifecycle | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#1-3 | AlphaFold 3 Biomolecular Structure Engine Dr. Demis Hassabis, Dr. John Jumper•10.1038/s41586-024-07487-w | AI for Science | TRL 8 | 985.5 | +26.7% | DeepMind, Isomorphic Labs | 99/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#2+2 | ESM-3 98B Generative Biology Foundation Model Dr. Alexander Rives, Dr. Tom Sercu•arXiv:2406.20092 | AI for Science | TRL 7 | 979.6 | +40.3% | EvolutionaryScale | 94/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#3-2 | GNoME Materials Discovery Graph Network Dr. Amil Merchant, Dr. Ekin Dogus Cubuk•10.1038/s41586-023-06735-9 | AI for Science | TRL 8 | 971.3 | +14.5% | Google DeepMind | 93/100 | 📈 SCALING | |
#4— | RFdiffusion De Novo Protein Generator Dr. David Baker, Dr. Joseph Watson•10.1038/s41586-023-06415-8 | AI for Science | TRL 8 | 967.1 | +59.0% | Institute for Protein Design (UW) | 96/100 | 📈 SCALING | |
#5+2 | GraphCast Global 10-Day AI Weather Forecaster Dr. Remi Lam, Dr. Ferran Alet•10.1126/science.adi2336 | AI for Science | TRL 9 | 961.6 | +52.0% | Google DeepMind, ECMWF | 99/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#6— | DeepPotential Molecular Dynamics (DP-MD) Dr. Weinan E, Dr. Linfeng Zhang•arXiv:2308.12001 | AI for Science | TRL 8 | 954.5 | +46.6% | AI for Science Institute (AISI) | 96/100 | 📈 SCALING | |
#7+2 | AlphaGeometry Automated Olympiad Geometry Solver Dr. Trieu Trinh, Dr. Thang Luong•10.1038/s41586-023-06747-5 | AI for Science | TRL 6 | 948.2 | +18.4% | Google DeepMind | 94/100 | 📈 SCALING | |
#8+4 | BioNeMo Generative Drug Discovery Supercomputing Dr. Kimberly Powell, Dr. Rory Kelleher•10.1109/MCSE.2024.33 | AI for Science | TRL 9 | 942.6 | +13.3% | NVIDIA, Genentech | 93/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#9— | Orbital-Net Physics-Informed Spacecraft Autonomy Dr. Soon-Jo Chung, Dr. Richard Murray•10.2514/1.G007123 | AI for Science | TRL 6 | 936.5 | +44.9% | Caltech JPL, MIT AeroAstro | 94/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#10+4 | OpenFold Open-Source Trainable AlphaFold2 Dr. Mohammed AlQuraishi, Dr. Gustaf Ahdritz•10.1038/s41592-024-02206-8 | AI for Science | TRL 9 | 932.6 | +30.2% | Columbia University, Prescient Design | 98/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#11-1 | Aquila 256-Neutral-Atom Quantum Processor Dr. Mikhail Lukin, Dr. Vladan Vuletic•10.1038/s41586-023-06927-3 | Quantum Computing | TRL 8 | 927.4 | +30.5% | QuEra Computing, Harvard | 94/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#12— | Condor 1,121-Qubit Superconducting Quantum Chip Dr. Jay Gambetta, Dr. Jerry Chow•10.1103/PhysRevX.14.011005 | Quantum Computing | TRL 7 | 920.7 | +42.4% | IBM Quantum | 97/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#13+3 | Sycamore Topological Surface Code Architecture Dr. Hartmut Neven, Dr. Julian Kelly•10.1038/s41586-022-05434-1 | Quantum Computing | TRL 6 | 914.5 | +23.9% | Google Quantum AI | 93/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#14— | Photonic Fault-Tolerant Silicon Qubit Architecture Dr. Jeremy O'Brien, Dr. Terry Rudolph•10.1126/science.adg8761 | Quantum Computing | TRL 6 | 909.6 | +11.5% | PsiQuantum, SLAC | 97/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#15+2 | Trapped-Ion H2-1 Quantum Computer (56 Qubits) Dr. Ilyas Khan, Dr. Charlie Baldwin•arXiv:2406.02501 | Quantum Computing | TRL 8 | 904.0 | +16.3% | Quantinuum | 93/100 | 📈 SCALING | |
#16— | Majorana Zero-Mode Topological Qubit Core Dr. Chetan Nayak, Dr. Leo Kouwenhoven•10.1103/PhysRevB.107.245423 | Quantum Computing | TRL 4 | 896.6 | +40.8% | Microsoft Quantum, Delft | 95/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#17— | Silicon Spin Qubit Bilayer Heterostructure Dr. Michelle Simmons, Dr. Andrea Morello•10.1038/s41565-023-01452-9 | Quantum Computing | TRL 5 | 891.0 | +54.4% | UNSW Sydney, Silicon Quantum Computing | 92/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#18+2 | Diamond NV-Center Quantum Repeater Network Dr. Ronald Hanson, Dr. Marko Loncar•10.1038/s41586-021-03505-3 | Quantum Computing | TRL 4 | 885.2 | +6.5% | Delft QuTech, Harvard | 96/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#19-3 | Superconducting Fluxonium Qubit Circuitry Dr. Andrew Houck, Dr. Michel Devoret•10.1103/PRXQuantum.4.040301 | Quantum Computing | TRL 5 | 879.3 | +35.6% | Princeton University, Yale | 95/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#20+1 | Cryogenic CMOS Quantum Controller ASIC (Horse Ridge II) Dr. Rich Uhlig, Dr. Stefano Pellerano•10.1109/JSSC.2023.3289012 | Quantum Computing | TRL 6 | 873.2 | +40.9% | Intel Labs, TU Delft | 94/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#21+3 | CRISPR-Cas12a & Cas13 RNA/DNA Epigenome Modulator Dr. Feng Zhang, Dr. Omar Abudayyeh•10.1126/science.aba9381 | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 6 | 868.4 | +10.7% | Broad Institute of MIT, Harvard | 91/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#22— | Prime Editing 3b Non-Viral Genomic Correction Dr. David Liu, Dr. Andrew Anzalone•10.1038/s41587-023-01928-y | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 5 | 861.7 | +30.7% | Harvard University, Broad Institute | 92/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#23— | Synthetic Yeast Genome Sc2.0 (16-Chromosome) Dr. Jef Boeke, Dr. Patrick Cai•10.1016/j.cell.2023.10.015 | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 4 | 855.9 | +24.1% | Sc2.0 International Consortium, NYU | 91/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#24-1 | Cell-Free Continuous Biomanufacturing Reactor Dr. Michael Jewett, Dr. Jason Kelly•10.1038/s41467-023-41289-w | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 7 | 849.9 | +6.0% | Northwestern University, Ginkgo Bioworks | 92/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#25+3 | Bacteriophage Generative Engineering Platform Dr. Stanley Qi, Dr. Xavier Duportet•10.1038/s41587-024-02189-1 | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 7 | 846.4 | +18.5% | Stanford, Eligo Bioscience | 96/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#26+3 | mRNA-LNP Multivalent Universal Influenza & Corona Vaccine Dr. Drew Weissman, Dr. Katalin Karikó•10.1126/science.abm0271 | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 8 | 840.2 | +43.2% | Penn Medicine | 91/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#27-2 | Engineered Nitrogen-Fixing Endophytic Microbes Dr. Christopher Voigt, Dr. Karsten Temme•10.1073/pnas.2309182120 | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 8 | 833.8 | +5.7% | MIT, Pivot Bio | 95/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#28-1 | Epigenetic Age Reversal OSK Reprogramming Vector Dr. David Sinclair, Dr. Lu Wang•10.1038/s41586-020-2975-4 | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 6 | 827.5 | +18.0% | Harvard Medical School | 94/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#29+4 | Universal Off-The-Shelf Allogeneic CAR-T Platform Dr. Waseem Qasim, Dr. Rachel Haurwitz•10.1038/s41591-023-02501-x | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 7 | 821.9 | +9.1% | UCL, Caribou Biosciences | 94/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#30— | Enzymatic Carbon Fixation Cycle (CETCH 2.0) Dr. Tobias Erb, Dr. Nicole Paczia•10.1126/science.aah5237 | Synthetic Biology & Genomics | TRL 6 | 815.1 | +33.7% | Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology | 96/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#31+2 | SPARC High-Field HTS Tokamak Fusion Core Dr. Dennis Whyte, Dr. Martin Greenwald•10.1017/S002237782000122X | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 6 | 811.6 | +12.8% | Commonwealth Fusion Systems, MIT PSFC | 96/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#32-1 | National Ignition Facility Target Chamber (Net Gain 3.88 MJ) Dr. Kimberly Budil, Dr. Annie Kritcher•10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.065102 | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 7 | 805.8 | +30.8% | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 96/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#33— | Polaris Magneto-Inertial Direct Energy Recovery Reactor Dr. David Kirtley, Dr. Chris Pihl•arXiv:2311.14002 | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 5 | 799.5 | +43.3% | Helion Energy | 92/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#34— | Sheared-Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch FuZE-Q Chamber Dr. Uri Shumlak, Dr. Brian Nelson•10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.145001 | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 6 | 794.1 | +28.2% | Zap Energy, Univ. of Washington | 94/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#35— | Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Photovoltaic Cell (33.9% Efficiency) Dr. Stefaan De Wolf, Dr. Er-Chien Wang•10.1038/s41560-023-01378-0 | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 8 | 787.8 | +8.6% | LONGi, KAUST | 95/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#36— | Solid-State Lithium-Metal Electrolyte Anode Dr. Jagdeep Singh, Dr. Tim Holme•10.1038/s41560-022-01124-x | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 6 | 780.3 | +24.3% | QuantumScape, Stanford | 90/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#37-1 | Iron-Air Multi-Day Grid Storage Battery (100-Hour) Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang, Dr. Mateo Jaramillo•10.1149/1945-7111/ac8221 | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 7 | 775.4 | +27.0% | Form Energy, MIT | 94/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#38+1 | Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell (SOEC) Green Hydrogen Dr. Sossina Haile, Dr. KR Sridhar•10.1038/s41578-023-00589-2 | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 8 | 770.2 | +16.7% | Topsoe, Bloom Energy | 93/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#39-1 | Sodium-Ion Prismatic Power Cell (160 Wh/kg) Dr. Robin Zeng, Dr. Yong-Sheng Hu•10.1002/aenm.202301901 | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 8 | 762.7 | +15.1% | CATL, CAS Institute of Physics | 91/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#40+4 | Natrium Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor with Molten Salt Storage Dr. Chris Levesque, Dr. Bill Gates•10.1016/j.nucengdes.2023.112450 | Nuclear Fusion & Clean Energy | TRL 6 | 757.6 | +5.1% | TerraPower, GE Hitachi | 93/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#41-1 | Room-Temperature Ambient Superconductor Candidate Search (LK-Engine) Dr. Mikhail Eremets, Dr. Anand Bhattacharya•10.1038/s41586-023-06673-4 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 4 | 752.9 | +31.8% | Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Argonne | 89/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#42-1 | Magic-Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene Correlated Superlattices Dr. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Dr. Philip Kim•10.1038/nature26160 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 5 | 745.9 | +12.0% | MIT, Harvard | 90/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#43+4 | Synthetic Diamond Wafer Semiconductor Substrates (100mm) Dr. Martin Kuball, Dr. Christoph Nebel•10.1002/pssa.202300451 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 8 | 741.0 | +29.9% | Diamond Foundry, Fraunhofer IAF | 92/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#44-3 | Direct Air Capture Metal-Organic Frameworks (CALF-20) Dr. George Shimizu, Dr. Brett Carter•10.1126/science.abi7281 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 7 | 734.5 | +15.8% | University of Calgary, Svante | 89/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#45— | Self-Healing Vascular Polymeric Structural Composites Dr. Nancy Sottos, Dr. Jeffrey Moore•10.1038/s41563-023-01602-x | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 5 | 730.1 | +9.2% | UIUC, Autonomous Materials Systems | 90/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#46— | MXene 2D Transition Metal Carbide Pseudocapacitive Electrodes Dr. Yury Gogotsi, Dr. Michael Naguib•10.1038/s41578-022-00465-1 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 6 | 722.2 | +14.0% | Drexel University | 88/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#47-1 | Metamaterial Acoustic / Optical Cloaking Hyperlens Dr. Xiang Zhang, Dr. Sir John Pendry•10.1126/science.1147231 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 6 | 717.1 | +30.1% | UC Berkeley, Oxford | 94/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT | |
#48-2 | Aerogel Thermal Barrier (Silica-Polyimide Nanofoam) Dr. Mary Ann Meador, Dr. Stephanie Vivod•10.1021/acsami.2c19012 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 8 | 712.4 | +29.7% | NASA Glenn, Blueshift Materials | 94/100 | ⚡ LAB PROOF | |
#49— | Single-Atom Catalysts (SAC) for Carbon-to-Ethylene Reduction Dr. Yadong Li, Dr. Matteo Cargnello•10.1038/s41570-023-00492-3 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 5 | 706.8 | +10.1% | Tsinghua University, Stanford | 92/100 | 🔬 TRL 4-6 | |
#50— | Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor (RV16X-NANO) Dr. Max Shulaker, Dr. Gage Hills•10.1038/s41586-019-1493-0 | Advanced Materials & Nanotech | TRL 5 | 700.2 | +37.6% | MIT, Analog Devices | 90/100 | ⭐ COMMERCIAL SPINOUT |
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