GE Intelligent Platforms has purchased SmartSignal, a company started by the University of Chicago based on technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.
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GE Acquires Argonne-UChicago Start-up SmartSignal, by Eleanor Taylor
Friday, January 7th, 2011Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Biochar Symposium
Sept 1, 2010This symposium is an opportunity to learn about the latest biochar research in the Midwest, exchange ideas, and discuss ways to collaborate on future projects. The symposium will feature presentations on biochar production, properties, and use in agricultural environments.
Robot Submarine Patrols Lake Michigan for Climate-Change Study, by Emil Venere
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010The researchers are using an autonomous underwater vehicle to measure slices of water quality. The slender, battery-powered vehicle is about 3 feet long and is programmed to trace specific routes in collecting data such as oxygen and chlorophyll concentrations, pH, and turbidity. Strings of sensors extending to the lake bottom from buoys also are recording temperature readings every 15 minutes.
Mudball Earth
May 6, 2010The idea that millions of years ago the earth was a frozen planet with mountains of towering ice and blankets of snow hundreds of feet thick is not a new one, but is that really how our world once looked? Two Geophysicists from the University of Chicago don’t think so.
How to Save the Planet and Keep the Lights On
Jan 20, 2009Exelon Chairman and CEO John Rowe outlined the five elements he believes are imperative to the next U.S. president’s energy policy.
