Archive for October 2009
Single layer superconductivity
Physicists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer responsible for one such material’s ability to become superconducting. The…
Read MoreVideo of the Week: Sneak peak at Nissan’s Leaf
There has been a lot of discussion on this site regarding Nissan’s new all electric vehicle, the Leaf. This promotional…
Read MoreNissan Leaf breaks from Big Three mold
On the heels of last week’s post about Nissan’s new plug-in hybrid, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nissan is…
Read MoreINL poised to lead nuclear renaissance
According to The Idaho Statesman, Nuclear experts like the Idaho National Laboratory’s Dave Hill are confident as many as 10…
Read MoreMonday materials music
Credit: NASA Johnson; YouTube Finally, NASA gets some props. International Space Station baby!
Read MoreNew material to power tiny generators
Via press release from University of Wisconsin, we learn that a team of researchers has developed a piezoelectric nanogenerator and…
Read MoreUltracapacitor buses in Shanghai
Sinautec Automobile Technologies is making mini and full-scale municipal buses powered only by ultracapacitors, can be recharged by a mobile recharging unit that combines large photovoltaic array and a vertical wind turbine
Read MoreNew computer chip holds 1 TB of data
A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has created a small chip that can hold 1TB of data.…
Read MoreMS&T’09 to feature Alfred University ceramic art display
MS&T’09 is 95 percent pure science. The other 5 percent is designed to be on the lighter side. For example,…
Read MoreMS&T’09 keynoter Jeffrey Wadsworth wins materials award
ACerS member Jeffrey Wadsworth has just been named the winner of the National Materials Achievement Award from the Federation of…
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