ARPA-E announces $92M in advanced energy science, materials awards
July 12th, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
DOE’s ARPA-E program today announced it would be funding 43 new high-risk, high-reward energy projects to the tune of $92 …
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Bad news for advanced ceramic & glass world: China enforcing new rare earths export restrictions
July 12th, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
According to new reports in BusinessWeek and Metal-Pages, China is cutting export quotas for the rare earths and metals – …Friday federal funding facts: Life in the slow lane
July 9th, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
For a change, I am going to start my macro-level observations by looking at the National Science Foundation. As indicated …CO2 utilization versus sequestration: DOE funds research to put CO2 to use for products, energy
July 7th, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
So far, nearly all of the discussion regarding what to do about high CO2 levels has focused on sequestration, i.e., …Tesla: Come on and take a free ride . . . or not
July 6th, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
[flash http://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/tesla.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/tesla.jpg}] Last Friday I was working out of South Boston, and after being cooped up in a …DOE commits to $1.45B loan for concentrating solar and $400M for thin solar
July 3rd, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Today the Administration announced that the DOE agreed to guarantee large loans for two separate solar power equipment makers, Abengoa …CoorsTek to acquire Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics
July 1st, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
CoorsTek announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the advanced ceramics business of Saint-Gobain for $245 million. …Ceramic Leadership Summit: Students see it as ‘exciting departure from norm’
June 30th, 2010 | by David Shahin and Chris Dosch
For two students who are used to attending technical conferences like MS&T and ICACC, the experience at the first Ceramic …PG&E, SunRun to finance $100 million in home solar projects
June 28th, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
The New York Times reported that California utility Pacific Gas & Electric and solar company SunRun have formed an alliance …Good weekend reading on U.S. science policy; real cost of gasoline
June 25th, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
While paging through a recent edition of Newsweek, I ran across two articles I recommend as good reading material. The …