Archive for November 2008
New pre-approved contracts speed access to DOE labs
DOE has developed two pre-approved, standardized contracts that will now make it easier for academia and industry to use its…
Read MoreWaterless concrete to cut building costs on moon
If you think building a house on Earth is expensive, try building a space station on the moon. That’s what…
Read MoreObama – what’s in store for clean-tech businesses?
The reality of a depressed economy may temper President-Elect Obama’s approach to environmental issues, but it won’t tamper with his…
Read MoreHonda displays second fuel cell vehicle
Ya gotta hand it to Honda for positioning itself at the front of the this game-changing technology. On the heels…
Read More‘Dancing’ atoms may lead to logic switches, nano-scale detectors
Two Johns Hopkins researchers believe they have developed a new method to use lasers to manipulate electrons in a crystal…
Read MoreChina tops list of CO2 emitters
The world’s carbon dioxide emissions have escalated 38 percent since 1992, climbing from 6.1 billion tons in 1992 to 8.5…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Nanotube speakers
We posted about this novel use of carbon nanotubes as audio speakers on Monday, but today we have a video…
Read MoreCO2 sequestration leaps forward with new basalt study
Federal scientists working at PNNL today unveiled results of research that appear to show that carbon dioxide can be permanently…
Read MoreNanotube speakers – The next “big” thin thing
What’s transparent, stretchable, nearly weightless, flexible enough to be sown onto a shirt and plugs into your iPod? Maybe, soon,…
Read MoreEnergy ‘harvesting,’ structure monitoring confab at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech’s Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems is hosting its 4th Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop Jan 28-29 in…
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