Research overview
Research at a glance.
This page counts what the site publishes and where it comes from: program pages, open datasets, research briefs and listed outputs. Every number is counted from the site's own data when the site is built. Nothing here is typed in by hand.
These are counts of pages and sources, not measures of research results. Two things the site has not produced yet are shown plainly in the last section. For the full list of outputs, see research outputs.
Totals
- 29program pages
- 265numbered sources on program pages
- 60datasets in the open data catalogue
- 10research briefs
- 50listed outputs
1. Program pages
29 program pages, each with its sources.
Each program page sets out research questions, methods and limits, and numbers every source it cites. The pages are technology and sciences overviews, listed on the technology and sciences index pages.
Program pages by family
7 technology pages and 22 sciences pages.
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| Family | program pages |
|---|---|
| Technology | 7 |
| Sciences | 22 |
Questions, methods and numbered sources on each program page
29 program pages: 7 in technology and 22 in sciences. Together they pose 98 research questions, describe 117 methods and cite 265 numbered sources. The most sources on one page is 11; the fewest is 7.
- Machine Intelligence technologyResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources11
- Quantum Computing technologyResearch questions3Methods5Numbered sources11
- Chemistry sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources10
- Cognitive Sciences sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources10
- Data Science technologyResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources10
- Genetics sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources10
- Kinesiology sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources10
- Medicine sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources10
- Neuroscience sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources10
- Ocean Science sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources10
- Outer Space sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources10
- Physics sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources10
- Agriculture sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources9
- Archaeology sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources9
- Biology sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources9
- Economics sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources9
- Geology sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources9
- Law sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources9
- Materials Science sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources9
- Natural Language Processing technologyResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources9
- Sociology sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources9
- Anthropology sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources8
- Computer Science technologyResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources8
- Energy sciencesResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources8
- Linguistics sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources8
- Physiology sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources8
- Psychology sciencesResearch questions4Methods4Numbered sources8
- Augmented Reality technologyResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources7
- Formal Methods technologyResearch questions3Methods4Numbered sources7
Each column has its own scale, set by its largest value: research questions up to 4, methods up to 5, numbered sources up to 11. Compare within a column, not across columns.
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| Program page | Family | Research questions | Methods | Numbered sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine Intelligence | technology | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Quantum Computing | technology | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| Chemistry | sciences | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Cognitive Sciences | sciences | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Data Science | technology | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Genetics | sciences | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Kinesiology | sciences | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Medicine | sciences | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Neuroscience | sciences | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Ocean Science | sciences | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Outer Space | sciences | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Physics | sciences | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Agriculture | sciences | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Archaeology | sciences | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Biology | sciences | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Economics | sciences | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Geology | sciences | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Law | sciences | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Materials Science | sciences | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Natural Language Processing | technology | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Sociology | sciences | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Anthropology | sciences | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Computer Science | technology | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Energy | sciences | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Linguistics | sciences | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Physiology | sciences | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Psychology | sciences | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Augmented Reality | technology | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Formal Methods | technology | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| All 29 pages | 98 | 117 | 265 |
2. Open data catalogue
60 datasets published by other organisations.
The open data catalogue lists public datasets, each linked to its publisher. INSTAR Lab did not produce any of them. The charts below count the catalogue by research area, by licence wording and by where the publisher is based.
Datasets by research area
26 research areas each list at least one dataset. The most datasets in one area is 8 (Economics). A dataset can sit in more than one area, so these counts add up to 99, not 60.
A dataset can belong to more than one area, so the bars add up to more than the number of datasets.
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| Research area | datasets |
|---|---|
| Economics | 8 |
| Medicine | 7 |
| Natural Language Processing | 7 |
| Physics | 7 |
| Genetics | 6 |
| Geology | 6 |
| Machine Intelligence | 5 |
| Ocean Science | 5 |
| Biology | 4 |
| Chemistry | 4 |
| Computer Science | 4 |
| Data Science | 4 |
| Outer Space | 4 |
| Agriculture | 3 |
| Anthropology | 3 |
| Energy | 3 |
| Linguistics | 3 |
| Sociology | 3 |
| Formal Methods | 2 |
| Law | 2 |
| Materials Science | 2 |
| Neuroscience | 2 |
| Physiology | 2 |
| Quantum Computing | 2 |
| Archaeology | 1 |
| Psychology | 0 |
Datasets by licence
Publisher's own terms, or no licence stated: 19; Creative Commons attribution (CC BY, BY-SA, BY-NC): 14; Public domain or no restrictions stated: 12; Software licence (MIT, Apache, BSD): 7; CC0 (public dedication): 5; Credentialed-access terms: 3. That is 60 datasets in all.
Each dataset is sorted by the licence wording the catalogue quotes from its publisher. A publisher's own terms can still limit reuse, so read them before using any dataset.
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| Licence wording | datasets |
|---|---|
| Publisher's own terms, or no licence stated | 19 |
| Creative Commons attribution (CC BY, BY-SA, BY-NC) | 14 |
| Public domain or no restrictions stated | 12 |
| Software licence (MIT, Apache, BSD) | 7 |
| CC0 (public dedication) | 5 |
| Credentialed-access terms | 3 |
Which datasets are in each licence group
- Publisher's own terms, or no licence stated (19)
- USDA NASS Quick Stats; NOAA CO-OPS Data Retrieval API; Argo Global Ocean Profiling Float Data; NASA Exoplanet Archive; NASA Planetary Data System (PDS); Census Bureau Data API; American Community Survey (ACS) data; BLS Public Data API; FRED Economic Data; Universal Dependencies treebanks; IGSR / 1000 Genomes data; NCI Genomic Data Commons (GDC); Human Connectome Project, Young Adult; NIST Chemistry WebBook; NIST Fundamental Physical Constants (CODATA); Materials Project; OSTI.GOV; Common Crawl; Data.gov catalog
- Creative Commons attribution (CC BY, BY-SA, BY-NC) (14)
- FAOSTAT; Gravitational Wave Open Science Center (GWOSC); World Bank Open Data; Glottolog; D-PLACE; Open Context; PTB-XL electrocardiography dataset; ChEMBL; NOMAD; Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI); SQuAD 2.0 (Stanford Question Answering Dataset); Open Images V7; Wikimedia database dumps; Stack Exchange Data Dump
- Public domain or no restrictions stated (12)
- USGS Earthquake Catalog; The National Map; Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS); National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB); World Ocean Database; World Ocean Atlas; NASA Earthdata; CourtListener bulk legal data; GovInfo Bulk Data Repository; GenBank; Sequence Read Archive (SRA); EIA Open Data API
- Software licence (MIT, Apache, BSD) (7)
- MMLU (Measuring Massive Multitask Language Understanding); GSM8K (Grade School Math); HumanEval; Archive of Formal Proofs; SV-Benchmarks (SV-COMP verification tasks); QASMBench; MQT Bench
- CC0 (public dedication) (5)
- FoodData Central; Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB); openFDA; OpenNeuro; CERN Open Data Portal
- Credentialed-access terms (3)
- dbGaP (Database of Genotypes and Phenotypes); All of Us Researcher Workbench data; MIMIC-IV
Datasets by publisher location
United States: 43; Germany: 5; International or intergovernmental: 7; Unconfirmed: 5. That is 60 datasets in all.
Based on each publisher's own contact or about page, read on the date shown in the catalogue. Where no primary source could be found, the publisher is shown as unconfirmed.
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| Publisher base | datasets |
|---|---|
| United States | 43 |
| Germany | 5 |
| International or intergovernmental | 7 |
| Unconfirmed | 5 |
3. Research briefs
10 research briefs, with checked sources.
The research briefs are plain-language web articles. They are not peer reviewed. Each lists its sources, and every source is recorded in a ledger of checks (a DOI looked up at Crossref, or a web page fetched and its title read).
Checked sources per research brief
10 research briefs cite 55 sources between them, and 55 of those 55 appear in the site's source-check ledger. The brief with the most checked sources has 9.
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| Research brief | checked sources |
|---|---|
| What an AI Benchmark Score Does and Does Not Tell You | 9 |
| Formal Methods and Trust in Safety-Critical Software | 6 |
| Materials Science and the Energy Transition | 6 |
| What a Wearable Heart-Rate Reading Can and Cannot Tell You | 6 |
| Clinical AI Safety Research | 5 |
| Open data is part of the research infrastructure | 5 |
| Precision Agriculture and Open Agricultural Data | 5 |
| Quantum Sensing Breakthroughs | 5 |
| HPC Infrastructure for AI | 4 |
| Legal Foundations for Emerging Technology Governance | 4 |
Sources listed against sources checked
| Research brief | Sources listed | Sources in the ledger |
|---|---|---|
| What an AI Benchmark Score Does and Does Not Tell You | 9 | 9 |
| Formal Methods and Trust in Safety-Critical Software | 6 | 6 |
| Materials Science and the Energy Transition | 6 | 6 |
| What a Wearable Heart-Rate Reading Can and Cannot Tell You | 6 | 6 |
| Clinical AI Safety Research | 5 | 5 |
| Open data is part of the research infrastructure | 5 | 5 |
| Precision Agriculture and Open Agricultural Data | 5 | 5 |
| Quantum Sensing Breakthroughs | 5 | 5 |
| HPC Infrastructure for AI | 4 | 4 |
| Legal Foundations for Emerging Technology Governance | 4 | 4 |
| All 10 briefs | 55 | 55 |
4. Outputs
50 items on the outputs list.
The research outputs list gathers everything the site publishes that a reader can open. It counts pages and documents. It does not say how good or how widely used they are.
Listed outputs by type
50 listed outputs in 7 types. Field overviews: 29; Research briefs: 10; Reference pages: 7; Capability statement: 1; Dataset catalogue: 1; Funder page: 1; Public code: 1.
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| Output type | outputs |
|---|---|
| Field overviews | 29 |
| Research briefs | 10 |
| Reference pages | 7 |
| Capability statement | 1 |
| Dataset catalogue | 1 |
| Funder page | 1 |
| Public code | 1 |
5. What has not happened yet
Two counts that are zero.
INSTAR Lab has no peer-reviewed publication and no grant award. The chief executive officer attested to both on2026-09-13. That is Record source SRC-007, a statement by management, not an audit.
0 peer-reviewed publications
Journal articles and conference papers that name an INSTAR Lab author.
Source: SRC-007, attested by the Chief Executive Officer, INSTAR Lab Inc. on 2026-09-13.
0 grant awards
Grants awarded to INSTAR Lab by federal, state and private funders. The attestation does not name STTR or SBIR awards separately.
Source: SRC-007, attested by the Chief Executive Officer, INSTAR Lab Inc. on 2026-09-13.
To see what an STTR award looks like in a public record, read the 6 case studies of other organisations' awards. INSTAR Lab was not involved in any of them, and they are not counted on this page.