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New findings by chemical engineering researchers could improve renewable energy production
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Regents Professor Lanny Schmidt (chemical engineering and materials science) and his university colleagues-graduate students James Salge, Brady Dreyer and Paul Dauenhauer-invented a new process that could significantly improve the efficiency of fuel production from renewable energy sources.
Trails of tiny particles leave physicists beaming
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According to the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s most powerful beam of neutrinos is the one that zips underground from the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory outside Chicago to a 5,000-ton detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory, a unique physics laboratory located in northern Minnesota and operated by the School of Physics and Astronomy.
U researchers advance narrow commuter vehicle concept
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For about five years, a research team from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been developing and refining a prototype narrow commuter vehicle.
Institute of Technology hosts students preparing for Nano Quest
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The Institute of Technology hosted a unique event Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 to help students, ages 9 to 14, understand the everyday uses of nanotechnology in fields such as medicine, electronics, and homeland security.
In memoriam: Johannes C.C. Nitsche
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Johannes C.C. Nitsche, of Minneapolis, Minn., retired professor of mathematics and former head of the School of Mathematics, died Aug. 9. He was 81.
Technology day camp gives kids hands-on experience
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Twenty students in fifth through eighth grades gained hands-on technology experience this summer at a fun-filled day camp that is the brainchild of University of Minnesota graduate students.
James, Schuler receive PECASE honor
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Assistant professors Ashley James (aerospace engineering and mechanics) and William Schuler (computer science and engineering) received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the nation
News of the weir
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The next cup of stale coffee you pour down the drain may end up as evidence. Not in a courtroom, but in a study of how well Twin Cities sewers and waterways handle the loads of pollutants washed into them by storms.
Long voyage to the stars
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Astronomy graduate students are an intrepid bunch. They must have a good command of math and physics in order to master the science, and lord knows they pull a lot of all-nighters. From the word go, they are steeped in a graduate school culture that demands utter devotion to study and research.