Archive for 2011
Materials Football Game of the Week: Auburn University vs. Clemson University
The Game Auburn at Clemson Sept. 17, 11:00 a.m., CT; Clemson, S.C. When my four sisters and I were young,…
Read MoreSolyndra: Wasn’t ready for prime time? [updated]
It still seems like the Solyndra thing is going to stay messy and politicized. From Bloomberg: Republicans on the House…
Read MoreMechanism for electric field effects during sintering
Last year we reported on a number of papers that were published in 2010 on electric field assisted sintering, including a…
Read MoreNew rules of engagement for universities leveraging IP assets?
I don’t know how generic the situation is (but I suspect it’s similar in materials fields), but a story in…
Read MoreNSF doubles its investment in Yale-Southern Conn. State University MRSEC enterprise
The National Science Foundation has awarded a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center grant of $13 million to a Yale…
Read MoreNASA shuttle tiles and space food available to schools and universities
Discovery’s under wing surfaces were protected by thousands of high-temperature insulation tiles. NASA is jettisoning some stuff they don’t need,…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: DOE finalizes $150 million loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies to drive down manufacturing costs and…
Read MoreThe Solyndra plot thickens with FBI investigation, CEO asked to testify
Hmmm … FBI raids suggest PV company Solyndra had more problems than bad bets on silicon prices and superior installation…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Investigators at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have created strange optical effects, including corkscrew-like vortex beams, by reflecting…
Read MoreRenewable power crosses the 20% mark in Germany for the first time
Solar power in Germany jumped 76 percent in first six months of 2011. According to the German Association of Energy…
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