Energy
Ask Texas A&M University chemist Dr. Hong-Cai "Joe" Zhou to describe his research in simple terms, and more often than not, he'll draw on a favorite analogy from childhood: playing with LEGOs.
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Liquid solar cells are cheaper, more flexible than existing solar options.
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Findings may offer clues to superior performance and guide synthesis of materials with improved properties.
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The coolest new nanomaterial of the 21st century could boost the efficiency of the next generation of solar panels, a team of Michigan Technological University materials scientists has discovered.
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A University of Florida-led research team has been selected to participate in a five-year, $125 million energy project involving the United States and India, U.S. Department of Energy officials have announced.
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Harnessing the energy of sunlight can be as simple as tuning the optical and electronic properties of metal oxides at the atomic level by making an artificial crystal or super-lattice ‘sandwich,’ says a Binghamton University researcher.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced a $30 million research competition that will engage America's brightest scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs in improving the performance and safety of energy storage devices.
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Recent studies have estimated that roughly two-fifths of the nation’s freshwater withdrawals and three percent of overall freshwater consumption goes to supplying the steam generators at large power stations in the United States.
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Even alternative energy technologies can sometimes be a little greener, according to a Kansas State University graduate student's research.
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Despite funding challenges, tow biofuel R&D labs continue to optimize methods and service the market.
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In 2002, when Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in Berkeley, California, decided to build the Molecular Foundry laboratory, they employed the help of Steve Greenberg, an in-house energy management engineer.
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Genetic mutations to cellulose in plants could improve the conversion of cellulosic biomass into biofuels, according to a research team that included two Iowa State University chemists.
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