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Video: Caltech announces first-ever wireless power transfer of space-based solar energy back to Earth

By Lisa McDonald / June 7, 2023

The idea of harvesting solar energy in outer space and beaming it back to Earth is a science-fiction concept that in recent decades gained real-world legs. Now, the California Institute of Technology announced that an experiment through its ongoing Space Solar Power Project beamed solar energy collected in space back to Earth for the first time.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / May 22, 2019

Synthesizing microscopic diamonds, reliable potassium-oxygen battery, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 22, 2019.

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Next-gen armor windows: See-through ceramics developed at NRL are 50 percent harder

By April Gocha / May 2, 2014

The US Naval Research Laboratory has developed a superior see-through ceramic nanocrystalline spinel, both highly transparent and strong, with ambitions to improve armor windows for military vehicles.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / May 1, 2014

Ceramics and glass business news of the week

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Multidisciplinary approaches to materials discovery needed for MGI

By Eileen De Guire / February 26, 2013

Last week a National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop addressed multidisciplinary approaches to the Materials Genome Initiative. From left: Gregory Rohrer, Abby Kavner, Young-Shin Jun, and Amy Walker. Credit: ACerS. Genome (noun;…

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