Millions go to MIT, Rice, Texas for energy research
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To get grants, be an energy researcher. Leading universities are increasingly partnering with private sector companies to fund research.
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Blog: Get your motor running. Head out on Mass. Ave. A group of MIT students aim to show that electric cars could be viable in the near future.
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By JAMES CALDERWOOD DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Leaders of this major oil-producing Gulf country said Sunday they were plunging into the field of renewable energy, announcing a joint research venture into green energy with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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A collaboration of botanists and computer scientists is being awarded a $50 million federal grant to conduct research into plant biology with an eye toward resolving global problems related to agriculture, environment and energy production.
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In Texas, home to some of the  world's biggest oil companies, you might think the case for  renewable energy would be tough to make. As it happened it was  tough, but not impossible.
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G.E. plans to participate in the countryâs âmassive focusâ on energy and will create a fund for infrastructure that could reach $1 billion.
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Global warming issues took over lecture halls in colleges across the country Thursday, with more than 1,500 universities participating in what was billed as the nation's largest-ever "teach-in."
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Â·Hopes for trillion-dollar bounty from breakthroughÂ· Man-made microbes could produce clean fuel
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IBM and several of the world&#39;s leading scientific and philanthropic groups Tuesday launched a project that would put millions of PCs to work on research problems ranging from Alzheimer&#39;s to disaster forecasting.
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AMD and Infineon are to spend â¬170m ($200m) between them to build a nanotech research facility. According to a Bloomberg report, the R&amp;D centre will be located in Dresden, Germany, probably not far from
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Masdar City, a nearly self-contained mini-municipality designed for up to 50,000 people, is intended to be a hub for research on nonpolluting energy technologies.
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Body-powered RFID just one exciting app Boffins working at MIT and Texas Instruments believe they're on the road to new chip designs which consume significantly less power, promising a revolution in many fields of electronics. The research was funded by DARPA*, the US warboffinry bureau which considers that the only place for a walking tour is the wild side.â¦
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FORT WORTH, Texas _ Dallas oilman and investor Boone Pickens wants to build the world's largest wind farm in the Texas Panhandle, a project that would put as many as 2,000 turbines on nearly 200,000 acres in four counties.
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Washington: The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that a supercomputer developed for the nation&#39;s nuclear Stockpile Stewardship Program has attained a record-breaking performance of 70.
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IBM and several of the world&#39;s leading scientific and philanthropic groups this week launched a project that would put millions of PCs to work on research problems ranging from Alzheimer&#39;s to disaster forecasting.
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U.S. Secretary of State  Condoleezza Rice said on Monday the world needs a revolution on  energy that transcends oil, gas and coal to prevent problems  from climate change.
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U.S. researchers have designed a   reactor fuel that they believe can make nuclear power plants 50   percent more powerful and safer, the Massachusetts Institute of   Technology said.