Archive for 2010
Video of the week: “Carbon Smackdown” – Smart Windows
Credit: Berkeley Lab; YouTube The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab this summer hosted a brilliant lecture series enthusiastically called “Carbon Smackdown,”…
Read MoreNASA solar sail lost in space
NASA’s first solar sail was scheduled to be released into orbit last week, but the space agency reports that it…
Read MoreMaterials stories that may also be of interest
At the end of each day, I end up with a list of stories I started to write about, or…
Read MoreSoladigm windows get $30M infusion, upping electrochromics competition
Last month we had a story about Saint-Gobain Glass’s $80 million investment in Sage Electrochromics. Today, another electrochromic window maker,…
Read MoreA method to defeat damage propagation autonomously in self-healing materials
Researchers out of the Multiscale Adaptive Sensors and Structures Lab at Arizona State University have developed an interesting but relatively…
Read MoreIt’s a snake! It’s a fish! No, it’s a PV-wrapped highway.
In a post today on Wired.com, Swedish architect Mans Tham’s shares his ideas on transforming the Santa Monica Freeway into…
Read MoreElectric current restores function to damaged nanobelts
After denting the zinc oxide nanobelt with an AFM tip, electric current helped the nanobelts heal and regain much of…
Read MoreCross the chemist off your holiday shopping list with science cookie cutters
The perfect gift for your favorite lab rat: the science cookie cutter collection — and just in time for the…
Read MoreU.S. nuclear energy powwow today
Third Way and the Idaho National Lab have been holding a “New Millennium Nuclear Energy Summit” this morning in Washington,…
Read MoreTechnique demonstrated for making SiC nanowires from farm waste containing natural catalysts (updated)
An article in one of ACerS’ journals reports on research by a duo at San Diego State University’s Powder Technology…
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