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Winds of Change

IGERT charts a path for next generation wind energy experts

Wind energy leads the renewable energy movement; the Global Wind Energy Council reports a 20 percent growth worldwide within the burgeoning industry in 2011 and job creation at a... Read

Power Trip

Model-based Energy Management Systems Drive ‘Smart’ Buildings

As energy costs continue to rise and squeeze home and large building owners alike, monitoring energy use is becoming as essential as securing alternative energy sources. To... Read

Small Scale, Big Innovation

Bringing nanotech wonders to market

Whether you’ve realized it or not, the odds are you have had a close encounter with nanomanufacturing. Nanotech products, made by working with matter on the atomic and molecular... Read

Seeds to Energy

Using plant seed oils to create sustainable biofuels

One of the most promising avenues for reducing our national dependence on imported oil, lowering greenhouse gases and boosting domestic fuel production is biofuel from non-food... Read

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Chemist Vince Rotello to Bring Low-Cost, Inkjet-printed Nano Test Strips to Pakistan for Drinking Water Tests

Invention hold promise to improve health for millions around the world.

Chemical Engineer Paul Dauenhauer Receives 2013 DuPont Young Professor Award

UMass Amherst Researchers Reveal Mechanism of Novel Biological Electron Transfer, a Paradigm Shift for Biologists According to Lead Researcher Derek Lovley

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Optical micrograph of a thiophene oligomer self-assembled on graphite
Solar Flare: Polymer Materials for Photovoltaics

Organic electronics have become an area of immense interest due to their promise of low-cost and large-area solution-processable...