Archive for December 2009
Video of the week: The role of R&D in renewable energy
Credit: The IHMC; YouTube Dan Arvizu, Director of the National Renewable Energy Lab, discusses the role of research and development…
Read MorePhotovoltaic implant gives sight to the blind
Researchers at Stanford University recently announced that they have developed a new artificial retina implant that uses photovoltaic power and…
Read MoreNew report shows advanced ceramics in demand
A recently released report by the Freedonia Group shows that advanced ceramics will continue to penetrate applications such as capacitors,…
Read More3-D images provide insight to biomineralization process
Materials scientists continue to try to understand how biological systems are able to create superior crystalline materials such as the…
Read MoreMicrophotovoltaics produce competitive results
Via press release, Sandia National Lab announced that scientists have developed microphotovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy…
Read MoreSandia’s Battery Abuse Testing Laboratory awarded $4.2 million in stimulus funds
Via press release, Sandia National Laboratories will use $4.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to modify and…
Read MoreNew Member Benefits Recently Added — Check them out!
ACerS has added some new member discount and savings programs in the past few months that are definitely worth looking at. …
Read MoreMo-Sci licenses SRNL’s porous, drug delivering microballoons
The DOE has just announced that a licensing agreement has been reached between Savannah River National Lab and specialty glass…
Read MoreGraduate Fellowship Program Call for Applications
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in any field of engineering are eligible to apply for an $8,240 stipend grant award for The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program. The deadline for applications is May 1, 2010 for the 2010 fall program. Learn more now!
Read MoreStudents – Opportunities for Publishing Undergraduate Research
All undergraduate students are invited to submit their undergraduate research to Virigina Tech’s Journal of Undergraduate Material Research (JUMR). Find out how!
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