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First episode of PBS/NOVA ‘Making Stuff: Stronger’ now available

By / January 20, 2011

Watch the full episode. See more NOVA. NOVA/PBS now has the first episode of the Making Stuff series online (please note that the folks at NOVA/PBS seem to still be…

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Industry news from this week

By / January 19, 2011

Here’s what we’re hearing: Allied Mineral Products launches completely redesigned website Superwool Plus the next generation of energy saving insulation… Germany’s Pfeiffer Vacuum closes acquisition of Adixen Klingshield window tinting…

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ARPA-E announce summit program, keynote speakers

By / January 18, 2011

Speaking of energy innovators, ARPA-E today released more details about its Energy Innovation Summit scheduled for Feb. 28-March 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Besides those names that were a given…

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Competition announced for refractories-based Gustav Eirich Awards

By / January 18, 2011

Two Germany entities, the Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich Company of Hardheim and the European Center for Refractories (ECRef) of Hohr-Grenzhausen have announced the opening of a competition for the Gustav Eirich…

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GE launches latest round of $200M Ecomagination Challenge

By / January 18, 2011

I am a week late on getting this news out, so in all likelihood this is old news. Anyway, GE has unveiled the 2011 version of its $200 million Ecomagination…

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Some industry news from this week

By / January 14, 2011

On the business side of things: H.C. Starck and Cabot announce patent cross-license agreement on tantalum, niobium powder technology Z-Wave makes headway in home energy, via Verizon UltraCell inks deal…

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‘Promising’ lightweight, multiwalled carbon nanotube aerogel debuts

By / January 14, 2011

SEM images showing the morphology and structure of MWCNT aerogels. (a) & (d)  Surface morphology indicating a “honeycomb”  structure, (b) & (e) porous honeycomb wall of aerogel, (c) vertical section…

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Rolla hospital’s cancer institute named for ceramist Delbert Day

By / January 13, 2011

Ted Day, left, with father Delbert Day. Nice honors for a good guy! The Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo., announced yesterday that it is naming its new cancer…

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LG Chem, GM license Argonne Lab technology for next-gen Volt battery

By / January 6, 2011

Officials from Argonne National Lab, GM Ventures and LG Chem announced today that they had reached a licensing agreement that will allow the two businesses to use a special cathode…

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Carbon nanotubes and graphene: Patience please!

By / January 6, 2011

One of the editors at Nature has written a good (free) article that provides some of important perspective about the movement of nano-carbon products (fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and, more recently,…

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