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27 September

2016

Evok Innovations Announces First Round of Investments

Mosaic Materials is based on ideas discovered by the Gas Separations Relevant to Clean Energy Technologies (CGS) EFRC led by the University of California,...
22 September

2016

The importance of being Ernest Moniz

From the interview:

“Even though [the Energy Frontier Research Centers] are basic research, it’s led to a whole set of startup companies, spinouts from the universities, etc.”
24 August

2016

Green light: Biochemists describe light-driven conversion of greenhouse gas to fuel

Work funded in part by the Center for Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis (BETCy) EFRC at Montana State University.
22 August

2016

Solar still made of bubble wrap could purify water for the poor

Work funded in part by the Solid-State Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) EFRC at MIT.
25 April

2016

Light sparks conversion of dinitrogen to ammonia

Work funded in part by the Center for Biological Electron Transfer and Catalysis (BETCy) EFRC at Montana State University.
9 March

2016

Cheap catalyst converts tough plant lignin into valuable chemicals

Work funded as part of the Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) EFRC at Purdue University.
9 December

2015

Paris climate talks: US energy chief says solution lies in innovation

From the interview:

I think we [in the Obama Administration] have shown innovation in how we manage government programs in technology development: [ ...] the establishment of Energy Frontier Research Centers...
19 November

2015

DOE Funding Leads to New Technology that is Revolutionizing Chemical Analysis

Work funded by the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI) at the University of Delaware.
2 November

2015

Chemical complexity promises improved structural alloys for next-gen nuclear energy

Work funded as part of the Energy Dissipation to Defect Evolution (EDDE) EFRC at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
22 April

2015

From metal to insulator and back again

Work funded as part of the Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree) EFRC at the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
26 March

2015

Scientists turn wastewood into high-octane fuel and artificial vanilla flavorings

Work funded as part of the Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio) EFRC at Purdue University.
10 November

2014

A billion holes can make a battery

Work funded as part of the Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES) EFRC at the University of Maryland.
21 September

2014

Smallest possible diamonds form ultra-thin nanothreads

Work funded as part of the Energy Frontier Research in Extreme Environments (EFree) EFRC at the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
18 June

2014

DOE Awards $100 Million for Innovative Energy Research
21 May

2014

A new way to harness waste heat: Electrochemical approach has potential to efficiently turn low-grade heat to electricity

Work funded in part by the Solid-State Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC) EFRC at MIT.