Credit: Lou Mattos et al. Talk to anyone that works with glass, and sooner or later they are going to lament the fact that the strength of currently available glass…
Read MoreHere is what we are hearing: Nexceris offers materials testing services In addition to Nexceris’ materials and process development expertise, the company has assembled an impressive suite of equipment to…
Read MoreBerkeley Lab researchers will use their new grant to perfect new thin-film and manufacturing technologies that will can deliver low-cost window coatings that can be switched reversibly through three states:…
Read MoreWe have written numerous time in the past about the Materials Genome Initiative, which was launched in June 2011. Just to review, the MGI sets the goal of cutting in…
Read MoreCredit: OSTP. With the election behind it, the Obama administration appears to be quickly returning to a major emphasis on energy and “materials genome” related research. First, according to a…
Read MoreArtist’s rendering of example of nanostructured silica (orange) as a drug delivery vehicle. Credit: PNNL, Univ. of Washington. Viktoria Greanya is the senior manager for nanomaterials research for a part…
Read MoreHave a look at what’s happening. MTC reduced, reused, recycled and reorganized their way to an 8,000 square feet expansion of production capability without increasing the building’s footprint. Credit: MTC.…
Read MoreIn support of the federal Materials Genome Initiative, the NSF has just announced the first projects to receive funding awards under a new “materials by design” initiative, which goes by…
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