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Tomorrow's Transistor, Built Atom by Atom

Chipmaker Applied Materials claims that the most effective way of producing the next generation of 22-nanometer transistors is through…

Industry and Business

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Nanostructures Could Result In Cheaper Electric-Car Batteries

Chinese startup Wuhe is increasing the conductivity of lithium-iron phosphate by milling it into extremely fine nanoscale powders. This…

Industry and Business

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Solar Panels Can Be 3-D Printed Onto Regular Paper, Folded 1,000 Times

MIT engineers have created a tough solar cell that cannot only flex, but still function properly after being bent or folded.

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UCSB Second in World in Materials Research

New ranking shows shows the impact UCSB is having in the areas of materials for energy production & storage, next generation…

Awards and Accolades, Undergraduate, Graduate

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Small Wind Now Available at Home Depot

Southwest Windpower has announced that their compact, grid-connected Skystream 3.7 wind turbine said to produce up to 400 kWh of clean…

Industry and Business

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Solar Cells that See Red

Stanford researchers are working on a method of upconversion that increases the conversion efficiency of amorphous-silicon solar cells…

Research

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Sulphur Breakthrough Significantly Boosts Lithium Battery Capacity

Stanford researchers have discovered a way to use graphene-coated sulphur particles as a means of increasing the specific capacity of…

Research

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All-Electric Airliner Could Take to the Skies by 2035

Lithium ion battery technology, coupled with advancements in high-temperature superconducting materials could bring an all-electric…

Industry and Business

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Inkjet Printing Could Change the Face of Solar Energy Industry

Engineers have found a way to produce thin film solar electronics using inexpensive inkjet printing technologies.

Research

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Cheaper High-Efficiency Solar Panels

Suntech Power's process for making solar cells leverages 20 year old technology to increase silicon solar cell efficiency by up to 20…

Industry and Business

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Newsletter: June 2011

Greetings! 

You will find in this newsletter some recent and very exciting happenings at the UC Santa Barbara Institute for…

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Cell Phones: the Mother of Invention for Electric Vehicles

Graphite-based "heat spreaders" in cell phones could make it possible to build lighter car batteries with the same number of cells.

Industry and Business

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Global Focus on Energy Efficiency Grows

The latest Johnson Controls survey breaks down the major factors driving energy efficiency worldwide.

Industry and Business

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SolarBridge Draws $19M to Push Solar Microinverters

Microinverter startup SolarBridge plans to change the way solar panels convert current.

Industry and Business

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In Storage, Let’s Hear It for Zinc

New zinc battery technology shows promise for gridscale energy storage.

Industry and Business

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Electric Buses Get a Jump Start

A GM-funded bus uses lithium titanate to charge batteries in 10 minutes.

Industry and Business