Applied Sciences
Energy Biosciences Building, designed by SmithGroupJJR, creates new home for energy research activities.
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Nano-ribbons of silicon configured so the atoms resemble chicken wire could hold the key to ultrahigh density data storage and information processing systems of the future.
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Discovery of new class of power inverter could mean cheaper, faster hybrid vehicles and other green products.
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Researchers have devised a method to use cosmic rays to gather detailed information from inside the damaged cores of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors.
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The Northeast could help lead the way to a renewable-energy-based economy by utilizing marginal and abandoned land to grow energy crops such as perennial grasses and fast-growing woody plants.
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Microbes are working away in an Iowa State University laboratory to ferment biofuels from the sugar and acetate produced by rapidly heating biomass such as corn stalks and sawdust.
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In a push to lower the cost of solar power, the Department of Energy has funded two projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory focused on improving concentrating solar power collector and receiver performance.
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Agilent Technologies Inc. and the University of Houston today announced they are working together to further understanding of the geology and composition of crude oil.
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In an effort to identify the thousands of John/Jane Doe cold cases in the United States, a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher and a team of international collaborators have found a multidisciplinary approach to identifying the remains of missing persons.
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Just because a lizard can grow back its tail, doesn’t mean it will be exactly the same.
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As part of ongoing research to help prevent and mitigate disruptions to computer networks on the Internet, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories in California have turned their attention to smartphones and other hand-held computing devices.
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MABEL bipedal robot, a novel ultralight metal, and an "around-the-corner" camera are NSF-supported technologies.
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