Turning Trash into Treasure Generates Great Press.

SRNL & Silica-X Team Wins R&D 100 Award for Advanced Engineered Cellular Magmatics Project

The R&D 100 Awards, often called the "Oscars of Innovation," is an annual awards program that recognizes the most technologically significant new products, technologies, and materials available for sale or license. These awards celebrate advancements in science and technology globaly, across various industries.

A total of 158 Finalists for the 2025 R&D 100 Awards were recently announced by R&D World. Now in its 63rd year, this renowned global science and innovation competition drew entries from 13 countries/regions. This year’s esteemed judging panel featured 54 respected industry professionals from across the globe.

Full Video – Reference timestamp 27:25

" So I met Philip Galland, who is the CEO [of Silica-X] and this is a dream come true. Public and private [industry] working together to convert household trash into concrete. Taking trash and turning it into something you can use... that's amazing! "

~ Congressman Joe Wilson 

Silica-X Recognized at Ribbon Cutting of SRNL's Advanced Manufacturing Collabrative 

Expanding Research on Geo-Engineered Materials at Savannah River

Silica-X and SRNL Advancing ECM technology

In "Cory Trivelpiece: Behind the Science", a short film from Savannah River National Laboratory, Dr. Cory Trivelpiece goes into detail on the value of ECMs (and GEMs) and his passion for the science. Dr. Trivelpiece, as well as the founders of Silica-X are named inventors of the shared technology he references. 

Representing U.S. Innovation at Rebuild Ukraine Event

Silica-X will participate in the international Rebuild Ukraine Economic Trade Mission. It is one of 25 US companies selected to participate.

Fortune

"This ancient Roman material could unlock the secret to building greener and longer-lasting buildings."

~ BY BERNHARD WARNER

Silica-X: Blue Barrier ™

Novel marine concrete utilizing waste, developed by Silica-X and scientists at Alfred University’s Inamori School of Engineering as part of the Blue Barrier™ project, was unveiled at a press conference and reception at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn. Created in partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), in support of Executive order 22 and New York's Buy Clean Concrete mandate, the material is expected to have far-reaching environmental benefits.

Wired

"The Secret to Making Concrete That Lasts 1,000 Years Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement – which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today."

~ BY JIM MORRISON

Popular Science

"Inside the project to bring ‘self-healing’ Roman concrete to American shorelines – Lessons from 2,000-year-old Roman material could help us build structures better suited for a waterlogged future."

~ BY BEN GUARINO

Savannah River National Laboratory

"These cellular magmatics are a nascent green material, with the potential to help significantly reduce or find valuable uses for municipal wastes. The cellular magmatics project was born from decades of materials science expertise funded by EM in support of nuclear waste immobilization."

~ Testimony by Dr. Vahid Majidi, speaking before
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Our AI Beginnings

Our roots — and the decades that followed — were forged in the service of protecting Americans from threats at home and abroad. Long before today’s AI boom, our founders launched Spectre AI in 2001, partnering with defense contractors, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Justice.

Just two days after 9/11, Senators Judd Gregg (NH) and Ernest Hollings (SC) addressed Congress, urging the U.S. government to adopt Spectre AI to fight crime and terrorism. The government responded quickly, cementing Spectre AI as one of the earliest AI systems trusted within U.S. Intelligence and defense operations.

These technologies, developed six years before Siri, ultimately became part of Verint Systems – which Thoma Bravo acquired for $2B. At the time, AI systems represented half of Verint’s annual recurring revenue.