Archive for 2011
First 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…
Read MoreRice group: Silica + titania = cheap, green, improved water purification
I don’t have enough historical perspective to know if this is truly a eureka moment or not, but a group…
Read MorePBS, NSF to launch four-part materials science extravaganza Jan. 19
Like materials science? I am assuming you do if you read this blog. So, believe me when I say you…
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