All News News Type - Any -AlumniAwards and AccoladesGeneralGraduateIn the NewsIndustry and BusinessNewsletterResearchUndergraduate Year - Any -2024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012 Related IEE Person Apply $4BN for Energy Efficiency Announced 3M, Alcoa, GE, Kohl’s, Nissan, Supervalu, Walgreens and dozens of other organizations joined President Obama and former president Bill… December 2, 2011 Industry and Business New Switch Could Improve Electronics Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have invented a new type of electronic switch that performs electronic logic functions… December 1, 2011 Research PVSEC-21: High-Efficiency Heterojunction Silicon Solar Cells with Copper Electroplating By replacing expensive silver with ubiquitous copper for electroplating, researchers have developed a silicon solar cell with higher… December 1, 2011 Research US Sees Renaissance in Energy Efficiency, Led By Congress and Big Business Tougher appliance and auto standards have spurred business investment in energy efficiency. December 1, 2011 Industry and Business Automakers Turn to Simulation-Driven Design to Meet Efficiency Rules Advanced modeling software is helping accelerate carmakers' efforts toward vehicle light-weighting for fuel economy and carbon emissions… November 29, 2011 Industry and Business In Search of the Ideal Grid Battery Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new, cost-effective electrode using nanomaterials that can withstand 40,000 charge… November 22, 2011 Research 54.5 MPG Fuel Economy Standards Formally Announced Today New proposed federal fuel economy standards have the potential to save Americans $1.7 trillion in total fuel costs and net $8,000 per… November 16, 2011 Industry and Business Startup to Capture Lithium from Geothermal Plants California-based Simbol Materials plans to extract Lithium and other valuable elements from the brine used by Geothermal plants, just as… November 16, 2011 Industry and Business Green Light for Tower Bridge Energy Efficiency Makeover London's iconic Tower Bridge will be retrofitted with LED lights that save 40% on energy for illumination and have the ability to change… November 14, 2011 Industry and Business New Technology Improves Both Energy Capacity and Charge Rate in Rechargeable Batteries By layering graphene sheets and silicon, researchers have developed an anode with storage capacity and recharge rates 10x higher than… November 14, 2011 Research Siemens Boosts Its Stake in Tidal Power Despite tidal energy's limitations, Siemens makes a significant investment in tidal power because of its long-term predictability. November 14, 2011 Industry and Business Energy Efficiency Financing Could Create Jobs, Says New Report A recent report says that greater investment in energy efficiency could achieve $200m in cost savings and create over 1 million jobs. November 10, 2011 Industry and Business John Bowers Wins 2012 John Tyndall Award The Optical Society has awarded Institute Director John Bowers the prestigious John Tyndall award for his research in hybrid-silicon… November 10, 2011 In the News Plasmonic Device Converts Light Into Electricity A simple, easily fabricated metal-insulator-metal device has the ability to create electricity from a range of infrared and visible… November 9, 2011 Research NASA Using Solar to Achieve Limitless Flight NASA is investing $89 million to see if it can achieve limitless flight using solar photovoltaic technology. November 8, 2011 Research Engineers Solve Energy Puzzle: How Energy Levels Align in a Critical Group of Advanced Materials Researchers have made a critical discovery mapping out the energy interaction between transition metal oxides and organic materials,… November 7, 2011 Research Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ … Page 64 Current page 65 Page 66 Page 67 … Next page › Last page »