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David Auston

Toward Carbon Neutrality

A group of 200 scientists and scholars, including IEE's Executive Director David Auston, gathered at UC San Diego Oct. 26-27 for the…

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Solar Thermal Power Heats Up Outside the U.S.

Solar thermal energy has long been undermined by cheaper natural gas and conventional photovoltaics in the United States. Outside the U.…

Industry and Business

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Solar Cells; High-quality Perovskite Materials Developed Capable of Utilizing Long-Wavelength Sunlight

The National Institute for Materials Science has developed a method for manufacturing perovskite materials with a wider absorption…

Research

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Peering into Energy's Crystal Ball

McKinsey's predictions about energy were broadly on target in 2007. Here's how things could turn out dying the next eight years.

Industry and Business

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New Foam Batteries Promise Fast Charging, Higher Capacity

Startup Prieto Battery is developing 3-D "foam batteries" with the potential to be cheaper, smaller, more energy efficient, and more…

Research

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Institute's David Auston Named 2015 Sustainability Champion

Congratulations to our executive director, for being named Sustainability Champion for 2015! The CA Higher Education Sustainability…

Awards and Accolades

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Solvents Save Steps in Solar Cell Manufacturing

Advances made at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory make the manufacturing of ultra-thin films for solar panels…

Research

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IBM Reports Breakthrough on Carbon Nanotube Transistors

As more and more silicon transistors are needed for increasingly complex and efficient computer chips, manufacturers look for…

Industry and Business

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Walmart, McDonald’s and 79 Others Commit to Fight Global Warming

A collection of more than 80 American companies including Walmart, Alcoa and Coca-Cola have agreed to a White House-led plan to combat…

Industry and Business

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'Molecular Accordion' Drives Thermoelectric Behavior in Promising Material

New research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory explored the physics behind tin selenide, the world's best thermoelectric material,…

Research

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Let There Be Light

UCSB's Daily Nexus covers the key moments of the 2015 International Year of Light. This year's symposium featured the world's pioneers…

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Organic Semiconductors Get Weird at the Edge

New findings at the University of British Columbia show that organic materials have significant impacts on the electrical properties of…

Research

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An Error Leads to a New Way to Draw, and Erase, Computing Circuits

In results published jointly by the University of Chicago, UC Santa Barbara, and Pennsylvania State University, researchers found that…

Research

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The State of Light

UCSB’s International Year of Light Symposium highlighted the science and engineering behind the light technology that has come to…

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John Bowers

January Start Eyed for National Integrated Photonics Institute

The American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics is aiming for a January 2 launch date. The Institute has an 11-member…

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Four Good Reasons for Community Microgrids

Microgrids are an alternative to the traditional electrical gird, and are increasing in popularity for their reliability and efficiency…

Research