Archive for 2009
NIST develops low-cost, ultra-sensitive infrared spectrometer
The good folks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say they have a new method for measuring light…
Read MoreSpanish tiles go solar
With this August heat we have solar on the mind! Here is another interesting advancement in solar cell technology, brought…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Aldo Boccaccini on the vitrification of hazardous wastes, bioglass and electrophoretic deposition
[Image above] Credit: ACerS; YouTube Aldo Boccaccini is a professor in materials science at Imperial College, U.K. and a member…
Read MorePlans underway to market mobile SOFC products
From Fuel Cell Today comes a report that two companies working together think that mobile solid oxide fuel cell products…
Read MoreChevron taps CST to get more oil
Chevron disclosed plans to use concentrated solar thermal technology from Brightsource Energy to enhance oil recovery from an aging well…
Read MoreSolar cells to be printed like newspaper, painted on rooftops
Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle “inks” that allow them to be printed like newspaper or…
Read MoreMonday Materials Mind Candy
Squidie on Vimeo This is another video from Squidie showing an experiment with NOVA, a 10x10x10 3D LED grid system…
Read MoreScore another first for aerogel
NASA reported Monday that the aerogel grid that was carried by the agency’s Stardust spacecraft captured an amino acid, a…
Read MoreMicrotubular SOFC: Small is beautiful – and cooler and powerful
A group from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the Fine Ceramics Research Association in Nagoya,…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Del Day on treating cancer with glass microspheres
[Image above] Credit: ACerS; YouTube Del Day, the Curators’ Professor Emeritus of Missouri University of Science and Technology, discusses his…
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