Archive for 2010
Corning’s Gorilla Glass wins one of ACerS’ corporate achievement awards, wide media attention
We’ve written before about the inroads Corning Inc.’s Gorilla Glass is making in consumer electronics. Gorilla Glass has also caught…
Read MoreMaterials stories that missed the cut this week
At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to…
Read MoreSandia, SunPower to cooperate on PV-to-grid modeling and tool development
Sandia National Lab and SunPower Corp. say they have reached a new agreement on research into integrating utility-scale solar energy…
Read MoreTitanium dioxide-coated anti-NOx roof tiles now being marketed in U.S.
Apparently more folks are jumping on the titanium dioxide’s anti-smog bandwagon. A few days ago I wrote about studies underway…
Read MoreSolar sail uses smart glass to steer through cosmos
Japan has successfully deployed a solar sail on a spacecraft, demonstrating for the first time that such technology can be…
Read MoreRare earth’s brick wall
This falls into the “must read” category. A few weeks back, I posted on major cuts in China rare earth…
Read MoreTitania–concrete combination in roadways reduces NOx levels 25-45%
Earlier this month, Jos Brouwers, a professor of building materials at Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands), reported that tests on…
Read MoreMaterials stories that didn’t make the cut this week
At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to…
Read MoreCO2 utilization gets another boost from DOE worth $106M
Late yesterday, the DOE announced that it is investing another $106 million in six projects to demonstrate the feasibility of…
Read More50 R&D 100 Awards given to national labs
Ultrasensitive Nanomechanical Transducers Based on Nonlinear Resonance, one of ORNL’s 2010 R&D 100 award winners. R&D Magazine awarded DOE and…
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