AES, A123 secure DOE loan guarantee
December 30th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
The DOE announced the finalization of a $17.1 million loan guarantee for AES Westover’s energy storage facility in N.Y. A123 …
Yearly Archives: 2010
Curved graphene sheets: Source of ultrahigh energy density supercapacitor?
December 30th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
SEM of curved graphene sheets (scale bar- 10 µm). Credit: Nano Letters, C. Liu, Zhenning Yu, David Neff, Aruna Zhamu …
2010 a bust for fuel cell industry
December 29th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
Greentech Media has published a year-end list of profitable and unprofitable fuel cell firms. The real kicker is that the …
2011 Ceramic Material Courses Announced
December 29th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
Check out the course information for Mechanical Properties of Ceramics and Glass and Fundamentals of Glass Science & Technology then sign up.
Meanings, news of China’s new rare earths quotas don’t agree
December 28th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
Chinese rare earth exports, 2009-2011, in metric tons: |  2009/H1: 21,728 tons ||| 2010/H1: 22,282 tons ||| 2011/H1: 14,446 tons …
Investors hit the brakes on Tesla Motors
December 28th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
According to a NPR report, Tesla Motors shares dropped a dramatic 15 percent on Monday. Yesterday was the first day …
Call for MS&T’11 abstracts
December 28th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
Submit your abstract before March 15th to be included in the leading forum addressing structure, properties, processing and performance across the materials community.
Monday materials mind candy: Nano-etched periodic table
December 27th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
[flash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQU2IAsQak8&feature=player_embedded preview=force] What’s shown here is the world’s smallest periodic table that’s been etched on a human hair. Created …
Solar reactor to make fuel from sunlight
December 27th, 2010 | by Peter Wray
Researchers have developed a prototype device that directly converts sun rays into fuels that can be stored. The BBC reports …
Rare earth scramble heats up; California mine opening imminent
December 23rd, 2010 | by Peter Wray
Molycorp’s Mountain Pass mine. Credit: Wikipedia Commons Apparently the DOE’s release of its first Critical Materials Strategy was one in …
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