Archive for 2011
Monday materials fun: Hotel rooms from reused concrete pipe
Via Gizmag, and originally from archdaily: “The idea came when we built Cafe Five, where we saw the need to…
Read MoreTwo steps forward, one step back for solar tech in Ohio
The State of Ohio has been whipsawed by recent positive and negative announcements related to solar tech industries and jobs,…
Read MoreEuropean Union trading farm subsidies for 45% increase in science funding
Despite the “austerity” thinking in some circles, this really seems like some logical strategic thinking (meaning, the thing about “strategies”…
Read MoreNonvolatile phase-change memory devices are three steps closer to reality
Two new studies serve as bookend demonstrations of the near-term potential for phase-change memory materials for use as nonvolatile data…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news this week
Here’s what we are hearing: Horiba Scientific offers new instruments for partical analysis The new SZ-100 series instruments analyze key…
Read MoreLux Research weighs in on off-grid storage, non-platinum catalyst solutions
Lux Research continues to track materials and tech prospects as closely as anyone I know, and two recent reports show…
Read MoreDLC coatings reduce plowshare friction in soil
The humble plowshare may be the next beneficiary of sophisticated surface engineering using diamond-like carbon. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute…
Read MoreUnited States launching materials ‘genome’ project
President Obama announced the launch of a Materials Genome Initiative during his speech at Carnegie Mellon University last week when…
Read MoreCeramic Leadership Summit: The business of doing business in the ceramics industry
The Ceramic Leadership Summit is about business – and the unique aspects of doing business in the ceramics industry. ACerS…
Read MoreWhite House invests $500M in Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
Last week President Obama unveiled a new initiative to invest in emerging technologies and create new manufacturing jobs and increase…
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