Archive for 2011
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Check ’em out: Toyota Announces finalists in ‘Ideas For Good’ challenge ‘Solar group buy’ program launched in California Novel bulk…
Read MoreMcIlvaine predicts Japan’s nuclear problems will lead to $200B shift to alternative sources
(h/t to GlobalSpec) Not unpredictably, Japan’s ongoing nuclear problems are going to reshape how nations allocate their future energy investments, and…
Read MoreSensitive sensor-packed microchip and new analytical model could test 100,000 protein–drug interactions in minutes
Stanford University researchers say they have combined the development of a microchip packed with 100,000 unique protein sensors and a…
Read MoreAdvanced materials opportunity: ARPA-E offers new $130M round of high-risk, high-reward funding
The DOE announced today that it is adding five new technology programs to the ARPA-E portfolio and is ponying-up $130…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news from this week
Here’s what we are being told: Capital Refractories has new salesperson, Peruvian distributor The company is pleased to announce the…
Read MoreSome U.S. battery companies responding to microhybrid demand
Continuing on the theme of PHEVs versus microhybrid vehicles, it’s interesting to look at what two companies based in the…
Read MorePHEVs? Lux still prefers e-bikes and microhybrid markets
E-bikes are growing in popularity in China’s urban areas, and many other countries. In contrast to DOE’s continuing efforts to…
Read MoreDOE adds support for electric vehicle infrastructure with new $5M program, Google project
The DOE’s conference-call news conference today was FUBAR’d, apparently for technical reasons, so some of the facts that follow might…
Read MoreMonday materials fun — keeping up with Apple, note for note
How one markets an alternative to a total Gorilla Glass case for smartphones … (BTW, stick with this one. Besides…
Read MoreOSU says two advanced-engineered ceramic coatings provide better resistance to volcanic ash
On the anniversary of the the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, it is interesting to report that a group of researchers…
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