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From Lake Michigan’s shore to Israel’s desert, scientists join search for...
JUF News, By Joel Schatz — Gazing out at the vastness of Lake Michigan from an upper-floor office in a Loop high-rise, one might wonder why Mayor Rahm Emanuel is so concerned that there isn’t enough...
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Self-cleaning solar panels reflect a brighter future
ToyotaUK/FLICKR Medill Reports, By Sarah Kollmorgen — Scientists have developed an inexpensive “superhydrophobic” coating that, applied to solar panels, would make them self-cleaning and therefore more...
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New technique grows tiny ‘hairy’ materials at the microscale
By Louise Lerner — Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory attacked a tangled problem by developing a new technique to grow tiny “hairy” materials that assemble...
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New thin-film solar cells capture high-energy photons more efficiently
Converting Quarterly — Scientists at the US Dept. of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have together developed a new, inexpensive material that has the...
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A battery with liquid electrodes can be recharged or refilled
MIT Technology Review, By Kevin Bullis — A new kind of battery stores energy in what researchers are calling “rechargeable fuel”—electrodes in liquid form. The result can be either recharged like a...
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On a quest for clean water
Prof. Eilon Adar, director of BGU’s Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research American Associates Ben-Gurion University of the Negev — Researching clean water solutions is no new task for BGU, with water...
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Growing graphene on silver could improve solar cells
GIGAOM, By Signe Brewster — A Northwestern University graduate student recently discovered a way to combine graphene with silver, which has interesting optical properties and is already widely used in...
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Idle reduction toolbox available for fleets
Truck News, By James Menzies — The Clean Cities initiative in the US has developed an IdleBox tool fleets can use to develop or enhance their anti-idling programs. It includes PowerPoint presentations...
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Ten minutes can save homeowners 10,000 gallons of water a year
Taking 10 minutes to inspect your home for water leaks can lead to big financial savings. By Peter Lynch, Environmental Engineer The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suggests that identifying...
View ArticleAdvanced Protein Characterization Facility: Green building features
Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Protein Characterization Facility (APCF) has received the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification....
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