Posts Tagged ‘university research’
Lowell Team Wants to Spin Peels, Algae into “Surfactants”
by John O. Harney
June 19, 2013
A team of students from the University of Massachusetts Lowell will receive up to $90,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop nontoxic, biodegradable "surfactants" from fruit peels and algae and potentially bring the invention to market.
Surfactants are cleaning agents used in soaps, inks and other products to help them apply more easily ...
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Trends & Indicators: Continually Updated Stats on New England’s Education and Economy
by Journal Staff
January 25, 2011
For more than half a century, NEBHE has been publishing tables and charts exploring "Trends & Indicators" in New England’s demography, high school performance and graduation, college enrollment, college graduation rates and degree production, higher education financing and university research.
Our printed compendium richly juxtaposed 60-plus figures on state, regional, national and global higher education trends, ...
Read MoreTags: College Board, college enrollment, college graduation rates, degree production, Demography, high school graduation, high school performance, higher education finances, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, National Science Foundation, New England, Trends & Indicators, U.S., university research | No Comments
Trends & Indicators 2010: University Research
by Daren Follweiler
June 21, 2010
New England universities performed more than $3.7 billion worth of research and development in 2008, but the region’s share has dropped to 7.3% of the U.S. total, down from more than 10% in the 1980s. Had the region’s share stayed at 10%, an additional $1.5 billion would have been spent in New England university labs ... Read MoreTags: Trends & Indicators, Trends & Indicators 2010, university research | No Comments
