Two scientists who drew important links between local and global ecosystems - a prescient explorer of nitrogen's wide-ranging impacts, and a central figure in the rise of international ecology -- will share the 2008 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
Nextreme Thermal Solutions(TM), the leader in microscale thermal and power management products for the electronics industry, announces that it has been awarded US Patent 7,342,169 for "Phonon-Blocking, Electron-Transmitting Low-Dimensional Structures" technology that has the potential to significantly impact energy conservation and thermal management - two major drivers in the world economy today.
GridPoint Inc., a leading clean tech company whose smart grid platform benefits electric utilities, consumers and the environment, and Duke Energy announced positive results from what is believed to be the first commercial test of utility-controlled "smart charging" for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).
On April 11 and 12, 2008, the MIT Energy Conference: Technology, Policy and Entrepreneurship will offer a peek into the future with distinguished panelists, cutting-edge research, networking opportunities, and hands-on displays.
1366 Technologies, a new MIT start-up aiming to make silicon solar cells competitive with coal, today announced it has secured $12.4 million in a first round of financing co-led by North Bridge Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners.
Southern California Edison (SCE) today launched the nation's largest solar cell installation, a project that will place 250 megawatts of advanced photovoltaic generating technology on 65 million square feet of roofs of Southern California commercial buildings enough power to serve approximately 162,000 homes.
Human-induced global warming is proceeding more rapidly than expected, and there are many reasons to suggest that future climate change will exceed today's mainstream projections.
As Presidential hopefuls outline plans for housing relief packages to slow mounting foreclosures, some Americans have taken matters into their own hands.
Today's news headlines are rife with warnings of environmental meltdown, spelling out the dire consequences of failing to reduce, if not reverse, the carbon footprint of our daily lives.
MIT and the government of Portugal have formed a partnership to address critical energy issues and strengthen transatlantic cooperation in energy research.
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