Archive for July 2010
Materials stories that missed the cut this week
At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to…
Read MoreSandia, SunPower to cooperate on PV-to-grid modeling and tool development
Sandia National Lab and SunPower Corp. say they have reached a new agreement on research into integrating utility-scale solar energy…
Read MoreTitanium dioxide-coated anti-NOx roof tiles now being marketed in U.S.
Apparently more folks are jumping on the titanium dioxide’s anti-smog bandwagon. A few days ago I wrote about studies underway…
Read MoreSolar sail uses smart glass to steer through cosmos
Japan has successfully deployed a solar sail on a spacecraft, demonstrating for the first time that such technology can be…
Read MoreRare earth’s brick wall
This falls into the “must read” category. A few weeks back, I posted on major cuts in China rare earth…
Read MoreTitania–concrete combination in roadways reduces NOx levels 25-45%
Earlier this month, Jos Brouwers, a professor of building materials at Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), reported that tests on…
Read MoreMaterials stories that didn’t make the cut this week
At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to…
Read MoreCO2 utilization gets another boost from DOE worth $106M
Late yesterday, the DOE announced that it is investing another $106 million in six projects to demonstrate the feasibility of…
Read More50 R&D 100 Awards given to national labs
Ultrasensitive Nanomechanical Transducers Based on Nonlinear Resonance, one of ORNL’s 2010 R&D 100 award winners. R&D Magazine awarded DOE and…
Read MoreCal Tech, LBNL, Stanford and UC Berkeley, San Diego and Santa Barbara get $122M for artificial photosynthesis
With today’s announcement that it will be using $122 million to launch a new energy hub on artificial photosynthesis, the…
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