According to a press release, several Fraunhofer institutes have signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – representing the Masdar City Project – that aims…
Read MoreUPDATE: Funds are rolling in daily under the ARRA Act. For the most recent facts and figures, check out the DOE’s website. The Obama administration has recently awarded over $400…
Read MoreAustralia’s national science agency says it has developed a new, strong fire-blocking material. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization calls the material HIPS (‘hybrid inorganic polymer system’). According to…
Read MoreAfter nearly a year of behind-the-scenes planning, the American Ceramic Society just announced that it is launching a new journal on advanced glass research. This new peer-reviewed quarterly will be…
Read MoreWarner Philips, founder of Lemnis Lighting Co. in The Netherlands, claims “CFLs are officially an outdated technology. You can’t recycle CFLs. You can’t get a fully dimmable product. That should…
Read MoreThe new (June) issue of the Journal of Environmental Engineering is all about “Recent Developments in CO2 Emission Control Technology including lots of ceramic-related information. For example, there is an…
Read MoreWith the big Smart-Grid summit underway, the DOE and DOC have has announced three developments related to its big Smart Grid push. First, DOE announced that it was increasing the…
Read MoreThe “Smart Grid Standards Interoperability Interim Roadmap Workshop” is taking place Tuesday and Wednesday (May 19-20). For anyone interested, a Powerpoint file of the two-day program is available here. DOE…
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A new name in PV manufacturing, Skyline Solar, went public today with its business plans and demonstrations of its High Gain Solar arrays technology that it claims will bring the…
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Following on the heels of our first Video of the week, this is look at Victor Li’s latest innovation: self-healing concrete. Cement and Concrete Research is soon to publish a…
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