The future of offshore wind energy was just towed by tugboat and moored 217 miles off the windy coast of Portugal, far from the shallow coastal waters that are the normal habitat of fixed offshore turbines.

Solar energy appears hotter than ever as plans are made for a new solar-powered aircraft and as giants including Warren Buffet and Apple invest in solar power. Read on for an update on the latest in solar energy.

This month, CEP Magazine features a look at using practical thermodynamics for process simulation, in addition to covering a variety of other topics from nanotechnology to pumps and the South Korean chemical industry.

Carbon nanotubes are the blackest material known and they absorb a broad spectrum of light. This creates the potential for using nano-coatings to perfectly cloak objects in the dark of night and from radar at any time of day.

Variables Search is a very effective troubleshooting technique developed by Dorian Shainin, recipient of four major ASQ awards, and has several benefits compared to other experimental designs.

Researchers under the direction of geneticist Martin Spalding, at Iowa State University, have produced 50 to 80 percent more biomass by activating the expression of two separate Chlamydomonas algal genes.

The boom in natural gas production in the U.S. may provide nearly 900,000 jobs and an addition of $1,000 to household budgets by 2015, according to a study just released by IHS Global Insight, Denver.

Greetings from the Rocky Mountain Section of AIChE! Since our section covers a lot of territory, it makes sense that several different types of outreach projects exist throughout the region. We encourage new members and young professionals to lead similar efforts and take the time to share their efforts as well! Following, we highlight two of our outreach efforts.

AIChE is organized into three “operating councils” that manage many of the activities of AIChE. The Societal Impact Operating Council (SIOC) is the one of these that has primary responsibility for the way that the Institute relates to the world beyond AIChE.

In Europe offshore wind is the great blustery hope among the political class, with new projects announced weekly. But lately, scientists have begun to pay attention to ocean waves, which hold 40 times more energy than air moving at the same speed.

One of the greatest challenges surgeons face in dealing with cancer is identifying malignant cells in order to remove them, but a new fluorescent spray may change this.

NASCAR has gone solar. Constructed in a former 25-acre parking lot adjacent to the 2.5 mile track by enXco, a renewable energy specialist, NASCAR's $15 million dollar solar farm is made up of 40,000 photovoltaic panels.

Researchers at Stanford have made new important progress in rechargeable batteries with an electrode that can be recharged 40,000 times with little loss of capacity.

For the past several years, the Susquehanna AIChE chapter has sponsored a shadow program for high school students at a handful of local businesses. One of the most active programs has been at The Hershey Company (THC). Each spring, a number of engineers at THC have been involved with a half-day shadow program that involves exposing four to six high school students to chemical engineering.