(Credit: Jonathan Pankau/Wikimedia Commons.) Last week we had about a report from researchers at Georgia Tech who show how concrete rubble from the earthquake can be safely recycled into stronger…
Read MoreCredit: ACerS Bulletin/Reginald DesRoches It’s nearly the one-year anniversary of the huge earthquake that crumbled Port-au-Prince and other parts of Haiti, and, unfortunately, reconstruction has taken place only on a…
Read MoreChinese rare earth exports, 2009-2011, in metric tons: |  2009/H1: 21,728 tons ||| 2010/H1: 22,282 tons ||| 2011/H1: 14,446 tons |  2009/H2: 28,417 tons 2010/H2: 7,976 tons | 2011/H2: ?…
Read MoreGermany’s Fraunhofer Institutes have been churning out a fascinating collection of announcements this year that showcase the group’s ability to successfully span the research-demonstration-deployment worlds. Deservedly, a lot of countries…
Read MoreThe newest development in military armor comes from Israeli-based TorTech, which says it will soon be manufacturing carbon nanotube fiber yarns that it claims to be stronger than Kevlar, yet…
Read MoreVanku’s Tiger Stone machine Via, Gizmag and Gizmodo, I found this video of this Dutch-made brick paving machine. I wouldn’t go so far as Gizmodo does in describing this as…
Read MoreRemains of Montana Hotel, Port-au-Prince. Credit: Joshua Lee Kelsey, USN. An ACerS Cements Division member tipped me off to an op-ed in the New York Times that appeared this summer…
Read MoreCredit: SunPower. It doesn’t appear anyone is making a lot of money in the solar power arena, but the players — working in different camps based on the materials they…
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