Archive for June 2010
Is this for real: Stealth heat signature?
Credit: Defense Update; YouTube I am hoping some of our readers may know what this is about. I get that…
Read MoreCeramic Leadership Summit: Students see it as ‘exciting departure from norm’
For two students who are used to attending technical conferences like MS&T and ICACC, the experience at the first Ceramic…
Read MoreTests show viability with carbon sequestration and oil recovery
According to a DOE press release, field tests have shown that using carbon dioxide in an oil recovery method dubbed…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Luminescent and electroceramic research at Fujihara Lab
Credit: Keio University; YouTube Shinobu Fujihara, professor of engineering at Keio University (Japan), oversees a lab that has been investigating…
Read MorePG&E, SunRun to finance $100 million in home solar projects
The New York Times reported that California utility Pacific Gas & Electric and solar company SunRun have formed an alliance…
Read MoreAPS calls for more federal energy efficiency R&D support
The American Physical Society says it will be pushing congressional leaders to increase research investments in energy-efficiency technologies. The APS…
Read MoreNano clay coatings provide key lubrication at earthquake faults
Geologists say they have discovered that an ultra-thin layer of smectitic clay on rocks along deep, older fault lines in…
Read MoreGood weekend reading on U.S. science policy; real cost of gasoline
While paging through a recent edition of Newsweek, I ran across two articles I recommend as good reading material. The…
Read MoreFraunhofer employs laser in new tricalcium phosphate rapid bone replacement method
Researchers at Fraunhofer’s Institute for Laser Technology say they are getting excellent results from a bone replacement system that uses…
Read MoreCarbon nanotubes to make Li-ion batteries 10 times more powerful
According to an MIT press release, researchers claim to have created electrodes from carbon nanotubes that can make lithium-ion batteries…
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