NASA awards management contract for ISS National Lab
July 15th, 2011 | by Eileen De Guire
United States ISS lab module Destiny during manufacture in fall 1997. Credit: NASA NASA has chosen the Center for …
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United States launching materials ‘genome’ project
June 30th, 2011 | by Eileen De Guire
I Steel rebar embedded in concrete (left) and “nanorebar” made of carbon nanofibers. Credit: F. Sanchez, Vanderbilt University; ACerS Bulletin. …White House invests $500M in Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
June 29th, 2011 | by Eileen De Guire
President Barack Obama announces Advanced Manufacturing Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University. Credit: Pete Souza; Official White House Photo. Last week …ARPA-E director hosting live chat this afternoon
June 29th, 2011 | by Eileen De Guire
Received from the DOE: ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar to Host Live Chat on Innovation and Clean Energy On Wednesday, June …Solar silicon manufacturing innovators get big boosts with new DOE loan guarantees
June 20th, 2011 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Calisolar silicon is purified in a unique, liquid-phase process producing solar silicon without the high energy and specialized equipment of …$70M available from DOE for cost-cutting geothermal tech proposals
June 9th, 2011 | by pwray@ceramics.org
DOE artist concept of enhanced geothermal system. Source: EERE/DOE. The Department of Energy just announced that it has $70 million …Eni and MIT detail success of research collaboration
October 18th, 2010 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni and MIT President Susan Hockfield at the Solar Frontiers Center inauguration. Last week I reported on …Video of the week: The role of R&D in renewable energy
December 30th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Dan Arvizu, Director of the National Renewable Energy Lab, discusses the role of research and development in the age of …EU calls for €50 billion renewable energy investments
October 17th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
(via Rare Metals) The European Commission announced it is trying to assemble a joint effort by governments, nonprofits and businesses …Federal student loan forgiveness
September 18th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Maybe this is old news, but I didn’t know there was a “Public Service Loan Forgiveness” federal program. In brief, …