Archive for August 2009
Research underway to improve wind, solar energy storage
The latest effort to store clean power from wind and solar energy resources comes from California, where a leading utility…
Read MoreSolar power comes to Cairo’s slums
The National Geographic News has an interesting story about a project in Cairo, Egypt, that is successfully introducing solar power…
Read MoreMonday materials music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F8EAv8jSWE Now get to work!
Read MoreA boost for small nuclear reactors
Western Troy Capital Resources announced that it plans to form a wholly owned private corporation to provide small nuclear reactor…
Read MoreResearchers find new clues for high-temp superconductivity
For a while now, some scientists have thought that conditions necessary for superconductivity at higher temperatures exist. Now, a paper…
Read MoreChemical reaction weakening concrete bridges
The Houston Chronicle reports that the insides of some bridges and other concrete structures in the state, and elsewhere in…
Read MoreNIST develops low-cost, ultra-sensitive infrared spectrometer
The good folks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say they have a new method for measuring light…
Read MoreSpanish tiles go solar
With this August heat we have solar on the mind! Here is another interesting advancement in solar cell technology, brought…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Aldo Boccaccini on the vitrification of hazardous wastes, bioglass and electrophoretic deposition
[Image above] Credit: ACerS; YouTube Aldo Boccaccini is a professor in materials science at Imperial College, U.K. and a member…
Read MorePlans underway to market mobile SOFC products
From Fuel Cell Today comes a report that two companies working together think that mobile solid oxide fuel cell products…
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