Engineering News
Nanowires could be solution for high- performance solar cells
Published Date:November 8, 2011
Tiny wires could help engineers realize high-performance solar cells and other electronics, according to University of Illinois researchers.
Published Date: November 8, 2011
Research: Graphene grows better on certain copper crystals
Published Date:October 27, 2011
New observations could improve industrial production of high-quality graphene, hastening the era of graphene-based consumer electronics, thanks to University of Illinois engineers.
Published Date: October 27, 2011
Illinois professor named Packard Fellow
Published Date:October 24, 2011
University of Illinois chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Charles Schroeder has been named a Packard Fellow in science and engineering. He is among 16 early career researchers honored by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation in 2011 for outstanding creative research.
Published Date: October 24, 2011
Packaging expert sees a social revolution in the evolving barcode
Published Date:October 13, 2011
What if you could trace the history of everything you buy back to its origins? Using your smart phone camera, you could learn what factory made the ingredients in your heart medication, what country grew the corn in your breakfast cereal, or even how to recycle the phone. You could follow the whole life cycle of a product and everyone who handled it along the way to ensure that the medicine youre taking isnt counterfeit and the food youre eating is safe.
Published Date: October 13, 2011
Ionic liquid catalyst helps turn emissions into fuel
Published Date:October 6, 2011
An Illinois research team has succeeded in overcoming one major obstacle to a promising technology that simultaneously reduces atmospheric carbon dioxide and produces fuel.
Published Date: October 6, 2011
