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Something New Under the Sun

December 5, 2011 -- For a dream team of Northwestern researchers, the sun provides powerful answers to the world's looming energy issues. Read more at: http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/winter2011/feature/something-new-under-the-sun.html

Researchers Use Carbon Nanotubes to Make Solar Cells Affordable, Flexible

September 29, 2011 -- Researchers from Northwestern University have developed a carbon-based material that could revolutionize the way solar power is harvested. The new solar cell material - a transparent conductor made of carbon nanotubes - provides an alternative to current technology, which is mechanically brittle and reliant on a relatively rare mineral. Read more at: http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/article_972.html

New Solar Cell Technology Gives Light Waves "Amnesia"

September 26, 2011 -- For years, scientists have dealt with the problem of trying to increase the efficiency and drive down the cost of solar cells. Now researchers have hit upon a new idea—trying to give the light collected by solar cells a bit of "amnesia." Read more at: http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2011/news110926.html

Dave Tiede Featured on WBEZ

August 15, 2011 -- Dave Tiede, a senior chemist and group leader at Argonne National Laboratory, was recently featured on WBEZ. View the news story and listen to the podcast as Dave discusses unlocking the secrets of photosynthesis.

4^th Annual Solar Energy Symposium, "Solar Electricity for the Future" on May 12-13, 2011

March 18, 2011 -- Northwestern University will host the 4th Annual Solar Energy Symposium, "Solar Electricity for the Future" on May 12-13, 2011. The keynote address will be given on May 12, 2011, at 6:00 pm by Dr. Harry Atwater from the California Institute of Technology. The symposium will continue on May 13, 2011, with presentations by academic thought leaders in the field from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Please RSVP if you plan on attending.

Junior Science Café on February 19

February 1, 2011 -- Join us, for Junior Science Café Saturday, on February 19, from 11-12:30 pm, at Boocoo Café, 1823 Church Street in Evanston. Dr. Amanda Smeigh will discuss how nature inspires solar energy research. This event is open to middle and high school students, their parents, grandparents, teachers, etc. Free admission and pizza. For more information visit http://www.sciencecafe.northwestern.edu/index.html.

The Search for the ANSER

December 9, 2010 -- An ANSER Center documentary, "Search for the ANSER," produced by the Big Ten Network and Northwestern University Relations is now available on YouTube. This 22-minute film highlights the research, and features sixteen of ANSER's PIs, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. The documentary aired on the Big Ten Network on November 10, 2010, and will continue to run over the next two years.

Renewable Energy Development and Deployment

November 30, 2010 -- Per an invitation from U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (ND), Torsten Fiebig, ANSER Director of Operations, attended the Great Plains Energy Expo in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Sept. 21, 2010. Dr. Fiebig presented the ANSER Center's mission and research portfolio to the business professionals, policy makers and scientists in attendance.

Photo of Jeff Deyette, Mike Williams, Torsten Fiebig, and Will Gosnold, attendees at the Great Plains Energy Expo in Bismark, ND on Sept. 21, 2010.

Photo from left to right: Jeff Deyette, Senior Energy Analyst, Union of Concerned Scientists; Mike Williams, North Dakota Alliance for Renewable Energy; Torsten Fiebig, Director of Operations, ANSER Center; Will Gosnold, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor and Director of the Petroleum Research, Education and Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota

Photo Credit: Jonna Hamilton, Senator Dorgan's office

Fiebig Named KAVLI Fellow

November 30, 2010 -- Torsten Fiebig, ANSER Director of Operations, will join the U.S. delegation of young scientists in attending the 12th Japanese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium in Chiba, Japan, on Dec. 2-6, 2010. The symposium is co-sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. The symposia invites the brightest young scientists to discuss research challenges, methodologies, and limitations to progress at the frontiers of their respective fields. Attendees are selected from a pool of young researchers (under 45) who have made significant contributions to science, including recipients of Sloan, Packard, and MacArthur fellowships, winners of the Waterman award, Beckman Young Investigators, and NSF Presidential Faculty Fellows. Read more at http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FRONTIERS_jafos.