Archive for April 2009
Ener-G-Rotors friction question
Ener-G-Rotors recently has been touted as one of the next big companies. Although I have tried to follow discussion of…
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Titania photoanodes return from the dead. Here, too. Clarkson groups awarded for “Electrochemical Supercapacitors Based on Polymerizable Ionic Liquids.” Absorbance…
Read MoreA step closer to automated blade inspections
German researchers soon will be demonstrating a new method to test the integrity of laminates such as those used in…
Read MoreIndividual Carbon Atoms in Motion
This video is no more, or less, than watching for the first time, in real-time, individual carbon atoms being knocked off the edges of a hole in a sheet of graphene while other atoms break and recreate bonds as they shift around in response, looking for the most stable position.
Read MoreBetter Place Electric Car Plan
The approach by the company (illustrated in this video) is interesting in that they will allow consumers to buy the miles that they will drive the cars while the cars themselves will be available for purchase at a reduced price like current cell phone plans.
Read MoreDiamond-copper combo improves heat sink
Researchers at one of Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute think they have come up with a better material to dissipate heat in…
Read MoreU.S. installed solar capacity up 16%
A new solar industry organization publication reports that total solar capacity (electric power plus water, pool and space heating) in…
Read MorePoll shows value of ACerS-NIST phase equilibria diagrams
Over three-quarters of the respondents to a survey conducted in 2008 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and…
Read MoreWorld demand for refractories forecast to rise 3.5% annually through 2012 to 45.2 million metric tons
A new report by an industry research firm predicts that there will be a small but steady growth in world…
Read MoreBudget good news for fusion effort
The FY 2009 federal budget bill, at last, ends what has been something of an embarrassment and point of anger…
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