Archive for 2010
Berkeley Lab nets stewardship for U.S.–China energy-efficient construction consortium
The DOE has announced the details on the third of three U.S.–China Clean Energy Research Centers, a multi-year joint a…
Read MoreKNBT promising as lead-free substitute for PZT in piezo applications
Nanowerk.com reports that materials engineers at the University of Leeds are investigating potassium sodium bismuth titanate (KNBT) as a lead-free ceramic piezoelectric materials that might…
Read MoreACerS executive director Steen leaving Society to head up forests organization
Scott Steen, the executive director of The American Ceramic Society, has announced that he will be leaving the Society to…
Read MoreTesla unveils new battery pack
Tesla Motors is most known for its all-electric sports car, the Roadster. The Model S sedan will be released soon,…
Read More2011 ARPA-E energy tech summit, showcase announced
I didn’t make it to the first ARPA-E Innovation Summit held this past March, but I wish I had. From…
Read MorePaper-grown ZnO nanorods, nanoneedles
Researchers in Taiwan have shown, for the first time, that they can directly grow vertically aligned, highly crystalline and defect-free…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Aerogels: The materials science of empty space
Credit: University of California Television; YouTube This is a great introductory 54-minute video of a lecture presented earlier this year…
Read MoreLocal temperatures affected by wind farms
A new story in Scientific American reports that wind farms cropping up along the landscape are changing local temperatures. According…
Read MoreSilicon nanomesh demonstrated as thermal conductivity barrier for improving thermoelectrics
Thermoelectric materials have great promise — if they can be made relatively simply and with inexpensive, safe materials. Just imagine…
Read More‘Fathers of graphene’ awarded Nobel Prize
Two University of Manchester researchers have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on graphene. The…
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