Posts Tagged: sustainability
Saudi Arabia receives an abundant amount of freely available solar energy every day. And researchers such as Professor Ted Sargent (ECE) are harnessing that energy to create groundbreaking and sustainable technologies for Saudi Arabia, and the world. The focal point of Saudi…
“Energy conservation and renewable energy are key components of our green energy future,” explained MSE PhD candidate Michael G. Helander in a blog post for the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation. “With popular demand for flat-panel TVs on the rise, their…
The groundbreaking photovoltaic research being conducted by U of T Engineers was recently featured in a series on Canada’s future in solar energy that appeared in the Postmedia Network, which publishes The National Post and other daily newspapers across Canada. Professor Ted Sargent’s…
University of Toronto Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) researchers have demonstrated for the first time the key mechanism behind how energy levels align in a critical group of advanced materials. This discovery is a significant breakthrough in the development of sustainable technologies…
The CBC’s The Nature of Things recently explored nanotechnology and all its potential in saving the planet. Nanotechnology is a universe where scientists explore matter on a scale 80,000 times smaller than a human hair. It’s a gigantic global laboratory where scientists…
Researchers in the University of Toronto’s Department of Materials Science & Engineering have developed the world’s most efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) on plastic. This result enables a flexible form factor, not to mention a less costly, alternative to traditional OLED manufacturing,…
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