Materials & Innovations

Monday materials mind candy: Bicycle wheel LEDs add safety, art to night riding

By / May 17, 2010

This is Bike-to-Work week and Bike Month in a lot of communities and cities across the U.S., and one of the accessories being increasing offered is a set of lightweight…

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‘Artificial diamonds’ to make fuel cells more affordable

By / May 14, 2010

The DOE Pulse reported that, using specialized cubic zirconia, scientists from Nanjing Normal University in China and Pacific Northwest National Lab created a membrane that could drop the temperature inside…

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Ceramic Leadership Summit: Spotlight on Energy Innovations

By / May 13, 2010

The Energy Innovation track at the Ceramic Leadership Summit June 21-22 in Baltimore, Md., will highlight advances and challenges facing the the future of energy creation, harvesting and storage. Nuclear…

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Samsung testing energy-scavenging nanopiezo touch screen prototypes

By / May 13, 2010

A computer touch screen that powers itself? It may only be five years until your iPad has this. Technology Review reports that Samsung and Sungkyunkwan University (Korea) have teamed up…

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Video of the Week: Dinesh Agrawal on microwave energy applied the processing of ceramic, metal and composite materials

By / May 12, 2010

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/agrawal_microwaves.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/agrawal_microwaves.jpg}] In this video, Dinesh Agrawal, professor of materials and director the Penn State’s Microwave Processing and Engineering Center, provides an overview of the growing use of…

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Nissan’s Li-ion pack dips below $400/kWh

By / May 10, 2010

Over 8,200 people have made online reservations in the past month for the upcoming Nissan Leaf EV, and for good reason. Set to be released this year, the $33,000 vehicle…

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Nanohole arrays show superiority in solar cells

By / May 10, 2010

Scientists have developed a silicon solar cell with a geometry of holes with diameters of about 500-600 nanometers, according to a recent  post on Physorg.com. The new design achieves an…

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Monday materials mind candy: Photosensor LED ‘morning glories’ concept at Milan show

By / May 10, 2010

Via Fast Company, artist-designer Wendy Legro’s concept for a mechanical/electronic LED “morning glory,” one-at-a-time or in an array, displayed at the Design Academy Eindhoven exhibition at Milan Design Week 2010:…

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$18M in new DOE awards for advance materials innovations in manufacturing

By / May 7, 2010

The DOE is giving a total of $13 million to 48 industrial energy-efficiency R&D projects, many of which will have either a direct bearing on ceramic and cementitious materials development…

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CWRU’s Aeroclay aerogel has ability to soak up oil spills

By / May 5, 2010

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/cwruaerogel_oil_absorber.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/cwruaerogel_oil_absorber.jpg}] I’ve written before about the work of David Schiraldi’s aerogel research group at Case Western Reserve University. With much of North and Central America focused on…

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