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Global Energy Security is the ‘Space Race’ of the New Millennium

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Rensselaer has responded to this urgent challenge with innovative research programs and initiatives in renewable energy sources and increased energy conservation.
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* New Hybrid Nanostructures Detect Nanoscale Magnetism *
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Magnetic behavior is one such phenomenon that can change significantly depending on the size of the material. However, the sheer challenge of observing the magnetic properties of nanoscale material has impeded further study of the topic. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed and demonstrated a new method for detecting the magnetic behaviors of nanomaterials. Read more
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Study Yields Clues About the Evolution of Epilepsy
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Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study led by researchers at Rensselaer is looking at what could happen in the development of these two children that would lead to such extreme variations in their neurologic health.
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Rensselaer Students Recognized for Innovative Ideas To “Change The World”
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A portable device that pumps oxygenated blood to a patient’s brain during a medical emergency and a new method to wash clothes that reduces the need for water, electricity, and detergent are two of eight winning ideas in the fall 2008 Change the World Challenge contest.
Change the World
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Researchers Lay Out Vision for Lighting “Revolution”
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A “revolution” in the way we illuminate our world is imminent, according to a paper published this week by two professors at Rensselaer. Innovations in photonics and solid state lighting will lead to trillions of dollars in cost savings, along with a massive reduction in the amount of energy.
Researchers Lay Out Vision for Lighting “Revolution”
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College Radio Maintains Its Mojo
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More than 50 years ago, WRPI made history when it joined a small but growing group of radio stations presenting regular FM broadcasting. A recent New York Times article notes that in a digital world, “instead of clashing with the Internet, the 700 or so college stations have persevered alongside it...”
Blair Neal, the music director of WRPI at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Madison Avenue Magic: Study Reveals Positive Effects of Unconscious Exposure to Advertisements
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New research, led by Mark Changizi, shows why exposure to repeated ads initially increases a consumer’s preference for promoted products, and why the most effective advertisements are those consumers don’t realize they’ve seen. This latest research is profiled in LiveScience.
Mark Changizi
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Obama’s First 100 Days
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Energy security is the greatest challenge and the greatest opportunity of our time. But lack of action has put the U.S. at risk. In a Scientific American feature article this month, Rensselaer president Shirley Ann Jackson writes that the new U.S. president must take bold steps, right away, to tackle the nation’s energy challenge.
Obama’s First 100 Days
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President Jackson Honored As One of “25 Great Public Servants of the Past 25 Years”

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson has been recognized as one of the "25 Great Public Servants of the past 25 years," by the Council for Excellence in Government.
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Dr. Jackson was cited for her “remarkable service to the nation as Chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and a leader in the advancement of science.” In their words, she is “an inspirational role model for a new generation of public servants.”
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* Solar Power Game-Changer: “Near Perfect” Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles *
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Solar Power Game-Changer: “Near Perfect” Absorption of Sunlight, From All Angles

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By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels, researchers at Rensselaer have moved academia and industry closer to realizing high-efficiency, cost-effective solar power.
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Results of the year-long project are explained in the paper “Realization of a Near Perfect Antireflection Coating for Silicon Solar Energy,” published this week by the journal Optics Letters.
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