Archive for January 2011
ARPA-E offering assistance to “runners-up” innovators
Not every “good” idea that gets submitted to the U.S.’s frontier R&D agencies (DARPA and ARPA-E) gets the gold ring…
Read MoreExtreme caution suggested: Superhydrophobic surfaces may have weak icephobic properties
A recent paper from GE Global Research and MIT mechanical engineering researchers casts doubt on the effectiveness of superhydrophobic surfaces…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
My inbox runneth over: Quantum fluctuations can promote or inhibit glass formation Scaling up: The future of nanoscience (51 years…
Read MoreFirst episode of PBS/NOVA ‘Making Stuff: Stronger’ now available
Watch the full episode. See more NOVA. NOVA/PBS now has the first episode of the Making Stuff series online…
Read MoreIndustry news from this week
Here’s what we’re hearing: Allied Mineral Products launches completely redesigned website Superwool Plus the next generation of energy saving insulation……
Read MoreARPA-E announce summit program, keynote speakers
Speaking of energy innovators, ARPA-E today released more details about its Energy Innovation Summit scheduled for Feb. 28-March 2, 2011…
Read MoreCompetition announced for refractories-based Gustav Eirich Awards
Two Germany entities, the Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich Company of Hardheim and the European Center for Refractories (ECRef) of Hohr-Grenzhausen have…
Read MoreGE launches latest round of $200M Ecomagination Challenge
I am a week late on getting this news out, so in all likelihood this is old news. Anyway, GE…
Read MoreSuperconducting, nonsuperconducting states of cuprates ‘not that different’
A new story in Science reports that an international team of researchers have been able to turn a non-superconducting form…
Read MoreMonday materials fun – the father of gesture-sensing technology
Microsoft’s Kinect technology looks like a success, and it looks like Apple and other groups close to Apple are going…
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