Chemist Martyn Poliakoff of University of Nottingham has featured a graphene edition of the Periodic Table of Videos. The video offers a short introduction of graphene, a reenactment of the…
Read MoreACerS Fellow Amit Goyal of Oak Ridge National Lab was named Innovator of the Year by R&D Magazine. An ACerS member since 1998, Goyal’s work is focused on high-temperature superconductivity.…
Read MoreOhio State University’s Center for Automotive Research is studying why batteries lose their ability to hold a charge as they age. In collaboration with ORNL and NIST, the group is…
Read MoreAt the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to write about, or started to investigate or didn’t even get…
Read MoreR50 vacuum insulation panel, 30x48x1 inch. Credit: ThermalVisions. Nano R&D is opening up new energy-conservation vistas, but a new report from Lux Research claims that the adoption of existing nano-enabled…
Read MoreTop and side view of etched silicon battery material. (Credit: Rice Univ.) According to a press release, a team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way…
Read MoreUniversity of Michigan researchers have developed a new equation that describes the current–voltage relationship at the junctions of organic semiconductors. Organic semiconductors present special challenges for researchers because they are…
Read MoreThe world shouldn’t take China’s rare earth supply for granted, according to a new Bloomberg story. The ministry of commerce of the Asian nation that, effectively, controls much of the market…
Read MoreAt the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to write about, or started to investigate or didn’t even get…
Read MoreLast April I reported on a proposal to grid-lock offshore wind farms with underground transmission lines in order to keep wind power supply stable. By connecting wind farms that lie…
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