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The leadership team at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) has announced this year’s awardees of the NSF ERC EARTH Seed Funding Program, a core component of its innovation ecosystem, linking early-stage ideas to large-scale impact. ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) is proud to celebrate Marina Johnson, an undergraduate researcher at the University of Kansas (KU), for receiving the highly competitive International Institute of All-Natural Refrigeration (IIAR) Founders Scholarship. ...

Reliable operation of data centers has become essential to nearly all sectors of modern society, including healthcare, education, government services, power grid operation, banking, defense and disaster relief. New research published in Scientific Reports and led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa atmospheric scientists revealed that future climate conditions may...

During an organ transplant procedure, there are only a few hours of time that donated tissue can remain viable between the donor and the recipient. As a result of this short window of time, it is estimated that nearly 20 percent of donated organs go unused, as suitable recipients are...

Representatives from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently visited the NSF Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) at the University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence. Dana Denick, program director for NSF Engineering Research Centers, and Bert Chandler, program director for NSF CBET-Catalysis, spent two days...