A year ago, Corning published a promotional video, “A Day Made of Glass… Made possible by Corning” that provide an intriguing peek into some of the technologies the company is…
Read MoreNanshun Lu, an assistant professor at the Univ. of Texas at Austin and a researcher in bio-integrated electronics, in a relaxing moment before her talk. The 2012 Electronic Materials and…
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Read MoreI’ve been following the news coverage of the annual Consumer Electronic Show held last week in Las Vegas, and it appears that a lot of writers were underwhelmed by what…
Read MoreCredit: DOE As Eileen notes in her post, the DOE has updated its assessment of factors affecting the availability of critical materials for energy applications, particularly in regard to rare…
Read MoreThe Department of Energy recently released its second “Critical Materials Strategy” report. Credit: DOE. In late December 2011, the Department of Energy released its 2011 update (pdf) to its report,…
Read MoreHere is what we are hearing: ClearEdge Power lands world’s largest utility fuel cell deal Fuel cell maker ClearEdge Power has scored the mother of all utility deals: a 50…
Read MoreCheck ’em out: High-speed CMOS sensors are used here to control production machinery. Credit: Fraunhofer IMS. High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images CMOS image sensors have long been the solution…
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