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* On the Boil: New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling Efficiency

On the Boil: New Nano Technique Significantly Boosts Boiling Efficiency
Hyper-efficient boiling could lead to smaller computer chips and lower energy costs.

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Whoever penned the old adage “a watched pot never boils” surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods. A new study from researchers at Rensselaer shows that by adding an invisible layer of the nanomaterials to the bottom of a metal vessel, an order of magnitude less energy is required to bring water to boil. This increase in efficiency could have a big impact on cooling computer chips, improving heat transfer systems, and reducing costs for industrial boiling applications.  Read more
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Professor B. Wayne Bequette Elected Fellow of AIChE
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Modeling, design, and controls expert B. Wayne Bequette, professor of chemical and biological engineering, was recently elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The AIChE will honor Bequette at the group’s annual conference this November in Philadelphia.
B. Wayne Bequette
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Database Shows Effects of Acid Rain
on Microorganisms in Adirondack Lakes
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Researchers at the Darrin Fresh Water Institute have developed one of the most comprehensive databases in existence on the impacts of acid rain on microscopic bacteria, which form the foundation of freshwater ecosystems.
DFWI
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Top Economist Becomes Head of Economics at Rensselaer
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An internationally renowned economist with a 25-year history at one the country’s leading Federal Reserve Banks will join Rensselaer as the new head of the department of economics. Arturo Estrella is currently senior vice president for the research and statistics group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Arturo Estrella
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New Director of Community Relations Appointed
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Erin Crotty, a seasoned public administrator with deep roots in Troy and the Capital Region, will join Rensselaer as the director of community relations. She will coordinate and enhance community partnership programs and expand local outreach efforts to the communities that Rensselaer shares.
Erin Crotty
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NSF Grant Brings Rensselaer
Graduate Students to Local Classrooms
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A program entitled “Energy and the Environment,” funded by a new $2.7 million five-year NSF grant, will place science and engineering graduate students from Rensselaer in high school classrooms across New York’s Capital Region.
Energy and the Environment
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ExxonMobil Bernard Harris
Summer Science Camp for Middle School Students
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While schools around the Capital Region were ending the year, a group of 50 middle school students kicked their academic interests up a notch by participating in the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at Rensselaer.
ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp
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application of technology, to create knowledge and global prosperity.
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Research Spotlight
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* Inelegant Worms Provide New Clues About Gene Required for Development *
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Inelegant Worms Provide New Clues About Gene Required for Development

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The normal nematodes in Fern Finger’s lab move in beautiful S-shaped curves across their Petri dish. In fact, it was these elegant movements that gave the tiny, clear worms the Latin name Caenorhabditis elegans. But the dish also contains worms with a very specific genetic defect, a mutant unc-85 gene, which are easily identified as the clumsiest dancers on the tiny dance floor.
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* Researchers Develop Darkest Manmade Material *
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The Darkest Manmade Material Ever

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Researchers have created the darkest material ever made by man, comprised of low-density arrays of loosely vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes that more than 99.9 percent of light.
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