Archive for January 2010
DOE names nuclear waste commission
President Obama spoke about a renewed push for nuclear-based energy solutions in his SOTU speech, and Friday DOE Secretary Chu…
Read MoreBrosnan reports on EMA 2010 conference
Kristen has posted a video, too!
Read MoreBrosnan added to revamped GE blog
GE recently overhauled its blog and its worth stopping by to see the goodies. The blog, called “Edison’s Desk,” looks…
Read MoreX-rays reported to trigger crystal formation
A team from Northwestern University reports in the new issue of Science about the role that X-rays can play in crystal…
Read MoreVideo(s) of the week: Ceramic matrix composite brakes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l09UXQYEQKo Credit: NikolasKK; YouTube I’m currently in Daytona Beach, Florida for the ICACC’10 conference. One of the keynote speakers was…
Read MoreMonday materials music
By homey Robert Pollard/Guided By Voices. He was everyone’s favorite 4th-grade teacher.
Read MoreFord to pump $450M into battery technology for electric cars
Having just announced that they will be spending $550 million converting a Detroit SUV factory into a hybrid and electric…
Read MoreResearchers build first nanodragster
Live Science reported that researchers have built a new super-small “nanodragster” that could speed up efforts to craft molecular machines.…
Read MoreEnergy innovation meeting coming up
It’s worth noting the ARPA-E has a big shindig coming March 1-3 in Washington, DC. Billed as the ARPA-E Energy…
Read MoreDuPont completes $295M expansion for PV market
DuPont announced an investment of $175 million to complete the multi-phase expansion of its high-performance Tedlar PV2001 series oriented film production…
Read More