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Catalytic Cracking
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — The crude oil upon which we depend for so many types of fuel and other products does not come out of the ground ready for all of its various uses. It must be converted into simpler molecules via processes known in the petroleum industry as ...More…
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Money Maker Pump
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Thousands of poor citizens of African nations such as Kenya have been able to transform their lives and build successful small businesses because of the ingenious inventions and non-profit support organizations created by Martin Fisher. Born in ...More…
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Green Manufacturing
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — The massive, daily demand for solvents necessary to typical manufacturing and industrial processes used across the planet mean that sadly, after use, many of these often toxic substances are leaked back into our environment. From automotive and ...More…
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Voltaic Pile
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Italian physicist Alessandro Volta made a number of discoveries in the late 18th and early 19th century critical to the then all-new and growing field of electricity. His development of the first electric pile preceded the modern battery and ...More…
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Biological Engineering Processes for Electonic Materials
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Over hundreds of millions of years, microorganisms have become efficient at building practical, durable structures and materials from available elements, working at nanoscale dimensions. A good example of this is shells, for instance, which ...More…
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String Ribbon Process
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Emanuel "Ely" Sachs was born in New York, New York, on Nov. 30, 1954. He is a major player in alternative energy research, particularly in the area of photovoltaics, a solar power technology using solar cells to convert sunlight into ...More…
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SlimCell Battery
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Canada native Donald Robert Sadoway has devoted much of his career to developing technology aimed at using energy and resources more efficiently in order to lessen harmful effects to the environment. Holder of a dozen patents, his research on ...More…
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Lithium-ion Rechargeable Battery
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang has developed breakthrough materials to enable new technologies such as stable, high-power, rechargeable batteries and novel electrochemical actuators. Thanks to his research, reusable batteries are now ...More…
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One-step Fermentation Process to Convert
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Biologist, inventor and engineer Lee Rybeck Lynd has devoted his career to developing processes for improving the feasibility of using biofuels as a mainstream, alternate energy source. Born in 1957 and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York, Lynd was ...More…
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Amplified Chemical Sensors
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Technology developed by organic chemist Timothy M. Swager has the potential to save countless lives through its ability to detect trace amounts of explosives as effectively as, if not better than, a trained canine. Born July 1, 1961, in the small ...More…
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Solar-powered Devices
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — For centuries human beings have attempted to capture and direct for a variety of specific uses the incredible natural energy radiated from the sun. This heavenly body provides, according to a generally accepted standard, approximately 1,000 watts ...More…