Archive for March 2009
Quant: One large, rolling solar panel?
Swedish car maker Koenigsegg just unveiled its Quant electric car at the Geneva Motor Show. The company says the car…
Read MoreRailway looking to fuel cells to keep them rolling
The sound of choo-chooing left the commercial railway business years ago, and now the smell of burnt diesel fuel may…
Read MoreGroup tackles tougher turbine coatings
The Argonne National Lab website had a nice article discussing the work of a research team from Northwestern University, Rolls-Royce…
Read MoreFollow the money – to nanointermediates
If you want to make money in nanomaterials, the place to invest is in nano-improved intermediary products, such as coatings,…
Read MoreYale ‘shapes’ up nanomanufacturing with bulk metallic glass
Yale engineers are “shaping” the future of nanodevice manufacturing by developing nanoscale molds made from amorphous metals – a.k.a. bulk…
Read MoreScience being held hostage?
Washington Post reports that Sen. Robert Menendez is blocking the nominations of the Obama administration’s two top science advisers, John…
Read MoreMaking cheaper fuel cells with carbon nanotubes
A University of Dayton research team – led by Liming Dai, UD’s Wright Brothers Institute endowed chair in nanomaterials – says it…
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