Arizona State University

Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.

Gas Sensing Technology Corp.

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Accelr8 Technology Corporation

International Business Machines Corporation

Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Hoechst Celanese Corporation

University of Wyoming-office of Research & Economic Development

Coors Brewing Company

Advanced Analytical Technologies, Inc.

The Blue Sky Group, Inc.

Accelrs Technology Corporation

Daniel A Buttry

David A Goldberg

David C Howson

Steven W Metzger

John M Pope

Cody A Friesen

Steven Scott Saavedra

Joseph Rheinhardt

Guoying Chen

Steven J Lasky

Tylan S Watkins

Mohamad Towfik Krounbi

Owen R Melroy

Arthur R Toews

Edward A Orr

Julia A King

Angela M Oppedahl

Richard Goodwin

Thomas C Vogelmann

Dylan D Baker

Ann M Steger

Rick Cox

Angie M Oppedahl

Systems and methods drawn to an electrochemical cell comprising a low temperature ionic liquid comprising positive ions and negative ions and a performance enhancing additive added to the low temperature ionic liquid. The additive dissolves in the ionic liquid to form cations, which are coordinated with one or more negative ions forming ion complexes. The electrochemical cell also includes an air electrode configured to absorb and reduce oxygen. The ion complexes improve oxygen reduction thermodynamics and/or kinetics relative to the ionic liquid without the additive.

Metal-air cell with performance enhancing additive

Disclosed is a calcium salt, Ca(HMDS), where HMDS is the hexamethyldisilazide anion (also known as bis(trimethylsilyl)amide), enables high current densities and high coulombic efficiency for calcium metal deposition and dissolution. These properties facilitate the use of this salt in batteries based on calcium metal. In addition, the salt is significant for batteries based on metal anodes, which have higher specific energies than batteries based on intercalation anodes, such as LiC. In particular, a calcium based rechargeable battery includes Ca(HMDS)salt and at least one solvent, the solvent suitable for calcium battery cycling. The at least one solvent can be diethyl ether, diisopropylether, methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE), 1,3-dioxane, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran (THF), tetrahydropyran, glyme, diglyme, triglyme or tetraglyme, or any mixture thereof.

Calcium salt for calcium batteries

The present invention relates to moving microorganisms to a surface, where they are grown in the presence and absence of antimicrobials, and by monitoring the growth of the microorganisms over time in the two conditions, their susceptibility to the antimicrobials can be determined. The microorganisms can be moved to the surface through electrophoresis, centrifugation or filtration. When the movement involves electrophoresis, the presence of oxidizing and reducing reagents lowers the voltage at which electrophoretic force can be generated and allows a broader range of means by which the target can be detected. Monitoring can comprise optical detection, and most conveniently includes the detection of individual microorganisms. The microorganisms can be stained in order to give information about their response to antimicrobials.

Sensitive and rapid determination of antimicrobial susceptibility

Methods and apparatus suitable for quickly and accurately measuringC levels and supporting data in an aqueous fluid reservoir. Interpreting the resulting data to indicate key factors regarding a reservoir and completion methods, including reservoir constraint, gas producibility, and completion success. A sensor and to a sensing method that evaluates the level of hydrologic constraint in aquifers occurring in unconventional reservoirs, such as shales and coals is disclosed. Specifically, Raman spectroscopy is disclosed as a sensor and a sensing method that measures the level of naturally-occurringC in an aqueous reservoir and compares the level ofC to the levels typical for highly constrained and highly unconstrained reservoirs. The disclosed sensor and sensing method also monitors the level of naturally-occurringC in a reservoir. Also disclosed is a method of using &#x3b4;Cto evaluate geographic areas of coal bed reservoir water having biologic methanogenic activity.

Evaluating hydrologic reservoir constraint in coal seams and shale formations

Ionic liquids suitable for use in magnesium batteries are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a rechargeable magnesium battery comprises an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a chelating ionic liquid solution in contact therewith. The chelating ionic liquid may comprise at least one cation, at least one anion, and at least one soluble, magnesium salt. The magnesium salt may comprise MgX, wherein X comprises at least one of Cl&#x2014;, Br&#x2014;, I&#x2014;, TFSI&#x2014;, FSI&#x2014;, ClO&#x2014;, BF&#x2014;, PF&#x2014;, RSO&#x2014; (wherein R consists of at least one of an alkyl or aryl group), RCO&#x2014; (wherein R consists of at least one of an alkyl or aryl group), alkyl borides, alkyl borates, AlCl&#x2014;, AlXR&#x2014; (wherein the sum of subscripts a and b is 4, X consists of a halide, and R consists of at least one of an alkyl or aryl group), carboranes, or hexamethyldisilazide.

Chelating ionic liquids for magnesium battery electrolytes and systems

A method for the detection of microorganisms in a sample comprising contacting said sample with a biosensor concentration module, allowing microorganisms to grow for a first period of time and detecting growth of discrete microorganisms as an indication of the presence of said microorganisms.

Rapid microbial detection and antimicrobial susceptibility testing

The invention includes a method of detecting the presence or absence of mold in a sample. The method can include the step of applying a sample suspected of containing the mold to a growth medium, optionally fragmenting the sample, associating the sample with a labeling agent, and detecting the presence or absence of the mold by detection of the labeling agent. The invention can also include a medium for growing mold that includes a stimulation agent.

Rapid detection of mold by accelerated growth and detection

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Tempe, AZ, United States of America

Daniel A Buttry