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Ceramic Tech Weekly
 - Catalyst discovery unlocks low-cost solar storage
Friday, August 15, 2008 11:17:45 AM
MIT
researchers have discovered a fairly cheap and easy way to store solar
power so it can be utilized when the sun is not shining – a development
they claim will make solar power a mainstream energy source within the
next decade.
- Cool fuel cells open application possibilities
Friday, August 15, 2008 11:24:55 AM
Science
also contains a report from researchers in Spain who have developed a
new electrolyte that allows a solid oxide fuel cell to operate at
temperatures hundreds of degrees lower than those of conventional
electrolytes – a development they say could boost the practicality of
SOFCs.
- Ceramic sensor for spacecraft finding wider uses
Friday, August 15, 2008 11:26:49 AM
The
European Space Agency reports that small oxygen sensors developed for
spacecraft re-entry vehicles are finding applications in a variety of
other fields, including healthcare, pollution control and fuel cell
operations. According to ESA, the birth of these special sensors began
at the University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Space Systems, where
researchers were trying to reduce the mass and energy draw of existing
units designed for the extreme conditions of space flight.
- Aluminum Prices to Soar
Friday, August 15, 2008 11:27:51 AM
Aluminum
supplies cannot keep pace with demand, because producers are not able
get the sufficient electricity to produce the lightweight metal,
according to a July 1, 2008, Timesonline article. The Internet news
service says a crunch on global power is likely to send aluminum prices
– already at historic highs – skyrocketing an additional 33 percent in
the next two years.
- Nanotech market to reach $3.1 trillion by 2015
Friday, August 15, 2008 11:39:46 AM
A
new report from Lux Research claims that nanotechnology, while perhaps
overhyped in the past, has now become pervasive in a broad range of
sectors. “Nanomaterials State of the Market Q3 2008: Stealth Success,
Broad Impact,” predicts that $147 billion worth of nano-enabled
products produced in 2007 will grow to $3.1 trillion by 2015.
Last
Week
- Scale
construction in primitive fish may trigger ceramic armor
redesign
Monday, August 11, 2008
12:51:58 PM
We
suspect that body armor designers at companies like CoorsTek and
Ceradyne are already following up on a recent discovery by MIT
engineers.
- New
ceramic resembles 18-Karat Gold
Monday, August 11, 2008 4:52:54 PM
Kyocera has succeeded
in creating a fine ceramic material that closely resembles 18-karat
gold in both color and
hardness.
- Soot-capturing
diesel filter due in U.S. in Sept.
Monday, August 11, 2008 4:54:35 PM
Corning
Inc.’s new DuraTrap AT filter – made from an aluminum titanate ceramic
catalyst substrate said to remove 99 percent of excess carbon soot from
diesel exhaust systems – is coming to the U.S. in September in 2009
Volkswagen Jetta TDIs.
- Supercables
to the rescue
Monday, August 11, 2008
4:25:12 PM
Are
high-efficiency power lines in our future? Superconductor Technologies
Inc. and the Los Alamos National Lab think so. STI announced that it
and LANL have entered into a collaboration to apply STI's
high-temperature superconductor materials expertise to LANL's research
initiative to develop HTS coated conductors for power transmission
lines.
- Solid
oxide fuel cell market to reach $443M
Monday, August 11, 2008 4:49:55 PM
Global
Industry Analysts’ “Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Global Strategic Business
Report,” projects that the market for SOFCs will reach $443 million by
2010
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