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Electric Grid / Energy / Solar Power / University Research

Michigan Tech study: 79 billionaires could green the grid

HOUGHTON—The cost of solar energy has plummeted in recent years, and a new study from Michigan Technological University’s Michigan Tech Open Sustainability Technology (MOST)  Laboratory shows just how few fortunes …

Advanced Materials / Solar Power / University Research

Black and blue: different silicon drops cost of solar cells

HOUGHTON — At the end of one of the hottest summers on record, as fights rage on about how to power homes, renewable solar energy continues to present as an …

Solar Power

Farm sunshine, not cancer: Michigan Tech study explores turning tobacco fields to solar arrays

HOUGHTON — Although tobacco use is the leading cause of avoidable death globally, farming tobacco continues to provide the primary source of income to many farmers. But two Michigan Technological …

Green Technology / Solar Power / University Research

Plug In For Renewable Energy

HOUGHTON — Support for solar energy is vast. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, 79 percent of Americans want the US to put more emphasis on developing solar power. Most …

3D Printing / Water Resources

Water Quality Monitoring On Your Smartphone From UP Firm

LAKE LINDEN, Mich. — A biotech company in the Upper Peninsula is offering a portable, handheld device to test for agricultural nutrient runoff in soil and water for just $270. …

3D Printing / Prosthetics

Michigan Tech 3D Printing To Help Kids In Nicaragua

HOUGHTON — With all the technology we have today, there are so many possibilities. The whole world can collaborate and create open-sourced information to help develop thousands of scientific uses …

3D Printing / Higher Education / Open Source Technologies

Michigan Tech Research Produces Open Source Lab Gear

HOUGHTON — Science can be expensive. But making customized scientific equipment doesn’t have to be. Researchers at Michigan Technological University have compiled economic data on the effectiveness of open source …

3D Printing / Higher Education / Water Resources

Michigan Tech Lab Making A Better Nitrate Test Kit

HOUGHTON — The dull black plastic of the device on Joshua Pearce’s desk belies its usefulness. Pearce picks up the box, which has a switch on the side and a …

Michigan Technological University's solar-powered 3D printer fits in a suitcase. MTU photo.
3D Printing / Higher Education

Michigan Tech's 3D Printer Guru Adds Solar Power

HOUGHTON — 3D printing guru Joshua Pearce wants nothing more than to provide the means of production to everyone, especially people in developing regions who must get by on very …

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