Archive for May 2009
Nanodiamonds and drug delivery
Two Northwestern University researchers believe they have developed a new dual-use tool and methods for delivering drugs and other nanoscale…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Making glass fiber for fiber-optic applications
Prepared by the “How It’s Made” group at the Discovery Channel, this video is an introductory look at the fundamentals…
Read MoreHeat transfer and bond strength linked
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute tell us of a discovery that might lead to new systems for cooling and displacing…
Read MoreCarbon nanotubes used to detect color
Research being conducted at Sandia National Lab might eventually be applied to an optical detector with nanometer-scale resolution, ultra-tiny digital…
Read MoreCeradyne nabs $7 million armor order
Ceradyne announced today that it was the recipient of a $7.3 million Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts. This is good…
Read MoreMIT calls graphene a “material for all seasons”
A recent article in MIT Tech Talk describes aspects of several exciting graphene research projects at MIT. A successor to…
Read MoreSkyline Solar’s Utility-Scale PV-Concentrating System Demonstration
This video demonstrates Skyline Solar’s High Gain Solar arrays technology that it claims will bring the cost of solar power to competitive levels in the normal electricity market.
Read MoreSelf-Healing Concrete
This is look at Victor Li’s latest innovation: self-healing concrete. This is a form of concrete that forms many tiny cracks when overloaded instead of a few large ones, leading to a process in which the concrete effectively “heals” itself.
Read MoreNo mistake at the lake: Cleveland transit bus to run on Erie’s water
Have you heard the joke about running a bus with water from Lake Erie? Well, it’s no laughing matter…
Read MoreVideo of the week – PNNL’s Smart Charger Controller
Sticking with the week’s Smart Grid theme, this video demonstrates Pacific Northwest National Lab’s Smart Charger hardware and software system…
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