Autumn 2015 EFRC Newsletter
The 16th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on October 1, 2015.
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Summer 2015 EFRC Newsletter
The 15th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on June 17, 2015.
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Spring 2015 EFRC Newsletter
The 14th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on March 10, 2015.
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November 2014 EFRC Newsletter
The 13th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on November 10, 2014.
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July 2014 EFRC Newsletter
The 12th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on July 25, 2014.
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Stories of Discovery & Innovation: From Human Genome to Materials "Genome"
Government initiative seeks to speed the pace of materials discovery and innovation. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported in part by the Center for Electrical Energy Storage, an EFRC led by Michael Thackeray at Argonne National Laboratory.
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Getting More Electricity out of Solar Cells
New MIT model can guide design of solar cells that produce less waste heat, more useful current. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported in part by the Center for Excitonics (CE), an EFRC led by Marc Baldo at MIT.
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April 2014 EFRC Newsletter
The 11th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on April 30, 2014.
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Squaring the Circle in Biofuels?
Researchers produce a new type of plant fiber that supports normal growth while easing the difficulties of conversion to fuel. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported in part by the Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio), an EFRC led by Maureen McCann at Purdue University.
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January 2014 EFRC Newsletter
The 10th edition of Frontiers in Energy Research, the EFRC Newsletter created by an editorial board of early career EFRC members, was published online on January 30, 2014.
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Harvesting the Sun's Energy Through Heat as Well as Light
New approach developed at MIT could generate power from sunlight efficiently and on demand. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported in part by the Solid-State Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC), an EFRC led by Gang Chen at MIT.
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Observing the Sparks of Life
EFRC researchers isolate a photosynthetic complex — arguably the most important bit of organic chemistry on the planet — in its complete functioning state. This work, featured in the Office of Science’s Stories of Discovery & Innovation, was supported in part by the Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), an EFRC led by Robert Blankenship at Washington University in St. Louis.
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