Kent is a videographer and professional storyteller. He regularly blogs for AIChE on ChEnected. See his latest posts below. You can also follow Kent on twitter @harringtonkent.
The DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) just released a tsunami of useful data – but one tool can help wade through some of it. NREL's new interactive geospatial app allows anyone to easily and accurately map potential renewable energy resources throughout the United States directly from a Web browser.
Along with advances in materials science – providing the world's strongest rope – and new kinds of wind-propulsion technology (kites), we may be about to see a second golden age of wind-assisted shipping. Watch the video in the upper right window.
Huber's research team can take wood, grasses, or any other renewable biomass and create five of the six petrochemicals that serve as the building blocks for the chemical industry. And he's just made another major breakthrough.
If you're into NASA and space exploration, check out the latest iPhone and Android apps that allow you to enjoy images directly from the Mars rover Opportunity and more.
Using a biopixel display composed of millions of living E.coli bacterial cells that fluoresce in unison like a blinking Las Vegas neon sign, bioengineers at UC San Diego have created a bacterial sensor that can easily detect low levels of arsenic.
In the wake of Fukushima and its chilling effect on nuclear policy around the world, a newly released study from the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute finds that small modular reactors may hold the key to an actual renaissance of U.S. nuclear power.
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