Archive for 2009
New ceramic-based insulin delivery system reported
What may be a new and effective alternative to insulin injections is being reported in a paper (subscription required) to…
Read MoreMonday materials music
Credit: MelodySheep; YouTube A new video from composer John Boswell: “A musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl…
Read MoreObama nominates new “green czar” from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Arun Majumdar, who currently heads a Lawrence Berkeley National Lab project that aims to help India reduce its greenhouse gas…
Read MoreGood day on Wall Street for A123 shareholders
The gamblers were running amok today. Reuters: Shares of A123 Systems, a maker of lithium-ion car batteries, had the second-best…
Read MoreApply to be a National Academies Graduate Fellow
The National Academies have just announced that they are soliciting applications for the next two sessions of their Christine Mirzayan…
Read MoreCutting PV costs, Part 2: Process improvements vs. science breakthroughs
Yesterday we posted a Technology Review video interview with Emanuel Sachs (1366 Technologies’ chief technology officer and professor of mechanical…
Read MoreELI: Fossil fuels get twice the subsidy of renewables
A study released last Friday indicates that, despite popular perception, fossil fuels get the lion’s share of U.S. energy subsidies,…
Read MoreA123 Systems IPO to happen this week? [Update #3]
That’s what supposed to occur for the nanophospate lithium-ion battery maker, although the exact dates for IPOs are often a…
Read MoreNew beryllium reference material for occupational safety monitoring
Researchers at NIST have produced a new reference material for beryllium. The rare-earth metal used as a hardener in high-performance…
Read MoreUniversity of Pennsylvania’s Nano/Bio Center scoops $11.5M NSF grant
Good news came yesterday to the Nano/Bio Interface Center at the University of Pennsylvania when it learned it won an…
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