Kirsten Orwig shares how her experiences in storm chasing led her to this position at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and why understanding meteorology is important for advancing reliable solar and wind energy.
In honor of Women's History Month, we're highlighting Ada Yonath, whose studies of the structure and function of the ribosome won her a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009.
Read about Indie Energy -- one of several clean energy small businesses involved in the "Entrepreneurial Mentor Corps."
Chemical engineer Alan Zacher took some time to share advice for students interested in science and engineering and give us the download on his work developing propylene glycol from renewable sources.
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’ve brought you the stories of several women in the energy and science industries -- past, present and future. This week we spoke with Shirley Coates Brostmeyer, co-founder, CEO and owner of Florida Turbine Tech...
Can innovations in materials science help make our world a cleaner place? Argonne National Lab’s Vilas Pol was recently featured on the PBS NOVA series Making Stuff, where he shared his innovative approach of converting plastic bags into rechargeable...
A salute to the first woman to receive a doctorate in France, the discoverer of two elements, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes and the mother of another winner.
A nuclear physicist hailing from Los Alamos National Lab, Christine Aidala is currently stationed at Brookhaven National Laboratory to be near her latest experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. We recently caught up with Christine and got th...
See what Secretary Chu, Governor Schwarzenegger and ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar had to say to the gathering of talented graduate students during their surprise visit.
A preview of the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, which showcases the most advanced and revolutionary breakthroughs in energy technology today.