‘Science Studio’ features lithium batteries discussion
Binghamton chemist M. Stanley Whittingham speaks with KTEP’s Science Studio about why lithium batteries are so efficient and why they are sometimes subject to rupture, overheating or even exploding. Read more
Grad student aims to better understand batteries
Doctoral student Shawn Sallis will spend this school year on a prestigious fellowship at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he’ll work with a tool that produces a beam a billion times brighter the sun. Read more
Binghamton engineer creates origami battery
Inexpensive paper batteries could one day power biosensors for use in remote locations. Read more
Goldwater scholar focuses on wind energy
Brandon Pereyra hopes his research will contribute to efficient and affordable "green" power. Read more
Study may boost data center efficiency
Binghamton doctoral student Husam Alissa is exploring new possibilities for cooling the clusters of servers that are among the largest consumers of electricity in the United States. Read more
Student conducts thin-film research
Binghamton undergrad Zachary Lebens-Higgins joined an international team that's trying to understand why some transparent materials, like those that make up solar panels, are better conductors than others. Read more
Engineer pursues biological solar power
A Binghamton researcher has designed a biological solar cell that's a million times more effective than current technology. The new designs take such cells out of the realm of "absurd" and into in the realm of "someday soon." Read more
