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Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material

Location: Cambridge, United States

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to the nano requires finding a means to...

Cutting CO2 emissions from existing coal plants

Location: Cambridge, United States

Professor Ernest Moniz, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) unveiled a report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. The report is based on the findings of a major MIT symposium on retrofitting coal-fired power...

Transportable pyrolysis : Convert poultry litter into bio-oil

Location: Virginia Tech ,Biological Systems Engineering,Seitz Hall Blacksburg, VA 24061, United States

Foster Agblevor, associate professor of biological systems engineering, is leading the team of researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech developing transportable pyrolysis units that will convert poultry...