Archive for 2010
PNNL charged to transform large-scale energy storage
According to a Pacific Northwest National Lab press release, a team of researchers at PNNL and EaglePicher Technologies is developing…
Read MoreSandia, NREL now have 180-teraflop computer for energy modeling
Sandia National Lab and the National Renewable Energy Lab have just unveiled a nice, new tool: a 180-teraflop supercomputer designed…
Read MoreDOE video: Why ARPA-E funded 1366’s direct wafer technology for photovoltaic units
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy; YouTube I continue to be really impressed with 1366 Technologies’ technical work and and business…
Read MoreUPenn researchers find wrinkle in AFM nanoscale friction mystery
A group out of University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics thinks it knows why, at nanoscales,…
Read MoreElectrostrictive ceramic actuators to shape mirror of next space telescope
According to a NASA Tech Brief, the Next Generation Space Telescope – aka, the James Webb Space Telescope – will…
Read MoreGlass fiber drawing technology to process carbon nanotubes
According to an ORNL press release, by adapting conventional glass fiber drawing technology to process carbon nanotubes into multichannel assemblies,…
Read MoreMetamaterial discovery could improve light collection for solar cells
Caltech researchers, led by Harry Atwater, have engineered a type of metamaterial that allows it to bend light in part…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Prashant Kumta on nanoceramics for bone regeneration and protein transport
[Image above] Credit: ACerS; YouTube ACerS Fellow Prashant Kumta has been a pioneer in the use of nanoceramic materials for…
Read MoreDOE announces $200M for solar and water power technologies
In celebration of Earth day, the DOE announced today that it will invest over $200 million to the development of…
Read MoreEarth Day Review – Photovoltaic energy advances
Photovoltaic energy systems are getting cheaper and more powerful. Materials researchers are racing to understand energy generation and transfer at…
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