The New York Times story starts the timeline in the 1980s: “They soon learned that the data had been collected by Soviet mining experts during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan…
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: “An internal Pentagon memo, for example, states that Afghanistan could become the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” a key raw material in the manufacture of batteries…
Read MoreACerS member Zhong-Lin Wang continues to make interesting progress on developing nanowire power generators and other energy-scavenging devices, and recently has demonstrated a nanogenerator that can be powered by the…
Read MoreTeams from 16 universities are about to embark on an 1,200-mile solar car race through the Midwest. The North American Solar Challenge starts June 20 in Broken Arrow, Okla., and…
Read MoreBack in November, I wrote about the work of Di Gao, an assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering, regarding mimicking the action of lotus leaves…
Read MoreU.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced the selection of a team led by Oak Ridge National Lab for an award of up to $122 million over five years…
Read MoreTwo months ago, I wrote about how North Carolina State University’s Hans Conrad had apparently discovered that sintered ceramic materials could be deformed and shaped by applying an electric field.…
Read MoreImagine a lightweight durable floating sponge for use at an ocean oil spill that attracts only oil, expands to hold nearly 200 times its weight and 800 times the volume…
Read MoreMichigan Governor Jennifer Granholm announced that the state formed a partnership with the government of Navarra, Spain, a European center of the renewable-energy sector, to work collaboratively with leading industry…
Read MoreThe “Jaguar” – the most powerful computer in the world – will be used to design the next generation of nuclear reactors, according to an Oak Ridge National Lab press…
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