Tag: energy
Apr. 18, 2025
The pride of Drexel’s pep band
If you have ever been to a men’s or women’s Drexel basketball game, chances are you have seen and heard the pep band. Sitting in…

Nov. 1, 2024
Residential halls’ steam lines suddenly shut down
On the evening of Friday, Oct. 18, residents of Kelly Hall and Van Rensselaer Hall came to a chilling realization: the hot water in their…

Sep. 23, 2022
A music fan’s recap of Made in America 2022
This year marked the tenth annual Made in America festival in Philadelphia, which took place Sept. 3 and Sept. 4. The event was set up…

Feb. 21, 2020
Cutback on coffee as your go-to source of energy
For several weeks now, I have been telling multiple friends of mine whom I consider to be heavy coffee drinkers to put down the caffeinated…
Mar. 8, 2019
Drexel research expands the use of silicon in batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are used to charge anything from portable electronics to pacemakers to electric cars, but with a silicon anode — the part in which…

Feb. 24, 2017
On nuclear waste
Sometimes, science seems too good to be true. When I first heard that scientists had found a way to convert nuclear waste into diamond batteries…

Nov. 19, 2015
Drexel report on Philadelphia’s greenhouse gas emissions presented
A team from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment presented their 97-page report on Philadelphia’s greenhouse gas emissions to the Mayor’s…

Dec. 10, 2014
Protestors gather outside ‘The Next Great Energy Hub’
A group of protestors gathered in front of the Creese Student Center at 9 a.m. Dec. 5 to object to the conference event “Philadelphia: The…

Dec. 5, 2014
Conductive clay yields new front for energy storage
Michel W. Barsoum, distinguished professor at Drexel’s College of Engineering, and his research team have chemically engineered a novel 2-D nanomaterial that has the potential…
