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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. When she was a high school student, she thought she would want to become a math teacher.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Nebraska – Lincoln). Thermal Fuel: HybriSol Hybrid nanostructures for high-energy-density solar thermal fuels Using innovative nanomaterials, MIT will develop a thermal. energy storage MIT and Boston College will develop phase change materials. Climate Control System (ATB) MIT will develop advanced adsorption-based hot and cold.

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