Archive for 2008
Measuring nanomaterials as they grow
Thanks to researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., scientists now have a way to measure nanomaterials as they…
Read MoreOne BAM good nanocoating!
(Also – see BAM Update here.) What’s almost as hard as diamond, slicker than Teflon and “green” enough to reduce…
Read MoreArmy intros new energy program, test projects
The United State Army’s newly introduced energy plan calls for the construction of what could be the world’s most powerful solar power…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Oodles of Oobleck
Today we feature a classic experiment/weird experience in materials science, rheology, shear stress, strain rate, non-Newtonian fluid mechanics – and…
Read MoreNew pre-approved contracts speed access to DOE labs
DOE has developed two pre-approved, standardized contracts that will now make it easier for academia and industry to use its…
Read MoreWaterless concrete to cut building costs on moon
If you think building a house on Earth is expensive, try building a space station on the moon. That’s what…
Read MoreObama – what’s in store for clean-tech businesses?
The reality of a depressed economy may temper President-Elect Obama’s approach to environmental issues, but it won’t tamper with his…
Read MoreHonda displays second fuel cell vehicle
Ya gotta hand it to Honda for positioning itself at the front of the this game-changing technology. On the heels…
Read More‘Dancing’ atoms may lead to logic switches, nano-scale detectors
Two Johns Hopkins researchers believe they have developed a new method to use lasers to manipulate electrons in a crystal…
Read MoreChina tops list of CO2 emitters
The world’s carbon dioxide emissions have escalated 38 percent since 1992, climbing from 6.1 billion tons in 1992 to 8.5…
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