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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

Power Polymers

Developing the next generation of solar cells

UMass Amherst chemists Dhandapani Venkataraman and Michael Barnes are delving into the complex chemistry challenges posed by photovoltaic energy. The two collaborators and their... 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

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

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

Keck Foundation awards UMass team $1m for research on ultrathin films

CNN names Geckskin, a super-strong adhesive developed by UMass Amherst scientists a Top Five Science Breakthrough for 2012.

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Nanowire fibril "highways”dotted with semiconducting particles.
Polymer Power: Superhighways for Solar Cells

In the image above (taken with an electron microscope), polymer-based nanowire fibrils (the lanes or "highways”) are decorated with...

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