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Global Energy Security is the ‘Space Race’ of the New Millennium

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Rensselaer has responded to this urgent challenge with innovative research programs and initiatives in renewable energy sources and increased energy conservation.
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* Solar Power Game-Changer: “Near Perfect” Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles Solar Power Game-Changer: “Near Perfect” Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles *
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Researchers at Rensselaer have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the research team has moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power. Read more
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Rensselaer Students Recognized for Innovative Ideas To “Change The World”
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A portable device that pumps oxygenated blood to a patient’s brain during a medical emergency and a new method to wash clothes that reduces the need for water, electricity, and detergent are two of eight winning ideas in the fall 2008 Change the World Challenge contest.
Change the World
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Madison Avenue Magic: Study Reveals Positive Effects of Unconscious Exposure to Advertisements
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New research, led by Mark Changizi, shows why exposure to repeated ads initially increases a consumer’s preference for promoted products, and why the most effective advertisements are those consumers don’t realize they’ve seen. This latest research is profiled in LiveScience.
Mark Changizi
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New Hybrid Nanostructures Detect Nanoscale Magnetism
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed and demonstrated a new method for detecting the magnetic behaviors of nanomaterials. They created a new process for creating a single multi-walled carbon nanotube that is embedded with cobalt nanostructures. The cobalt clusters measure from 1 nanometer to 10 nanometers.
New Hybrid Nanostructures Detect Nanoscale Magnetism
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Obama’s First 100 Days
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Energy security is the greatest challenge and the greatest opportunity of our time. But lack of action has put the U.S. at risk. In a Scientific American feature article this month, Rensselaer president Shirley Ann Jackson writes that the new U.S. president must take bold steps, right away, to tackle the nation’s energy challenge.
Obama’s First 100 Days
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“Gray’s Paradox” Solved: Researchers Discover Secret of Speedy Dolphins
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For decades the puzzle prompted much attention, speculation, and conjecture in the scientific community. But now, armed with cutting-edge flow measurement technology, researchers at Rensselaer have tackled the problem and conclusively solved Gray’s Paradox. Video
“Gray’s Paradox” Solved: Researchers Discover Secret of Speedy Dolphins“Gray’s Paradox” Solved: Researchers Discover Secret of Speedy Dolphins
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School of Architecture Launches Center for Architecture Science and Ecology
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Headquartered at SOM’s offices on Wall Street, CASE is an innovative collaboration that engages scientists, engineers, and architects from the professional and academic worlds toward a common goal of redefining how we build sustainable cities and environments.
School of Architecture Launches Center for Architecture Science and Ecology
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President Jackson Honored As One of “25 Great Public Servants of the Past 25 Years”

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson has been recognized as one of the "25 Great Public Servants of the past 25 years," by the Council for Excellence in Government.
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Dr. Jackson was cited for her “remarkable service to the nation as Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a leader in the advancement of science.” In their words, she is “an inspirational role model for a new generation of public servants.”
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* Nano Map *
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Just Scratching the Surface: New Technique Maps Nanomaterials as They Grow

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Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a measurement technique that will help scientists and companies map nanomaterials as they grow. The discovery could help create superior nanotechnologies and lead to the development of more efficient solar panels and increased magnetic data storage.
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