Last week, the Energy Department announced a $67-million funding infusion for research on nuclear energy and clean energy innovation, which, according to a DOE news release, builds on the Obama administration’s efforts to expand such innovation.
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Researchers from Aarhus University, Lund University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are collaborating to learn more about how the surface of metal oxides interact with the some 326 million trillion gallons of water floating around our planet.
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Scientists at Singapore’s Future Cities Laboratory say bamboo, a natural—and unnaturally strong—wood, could serve as a concrete reinforcement replacement in places where steel isn’t so plentiful.
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The 5th International Congress on Ceramics in Beijing, China, organized by the Chinese Ceramic Society ended yesterday, and ACerS president David Green and executive director Charlie Spahr were there. The ICCs are the flagship conferences of the International Ceramics Federation.
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Nature inspires intelligently designed materials—and when it comes to stickiness, gecko toes are the gold standard for the design of better materials. But how does science explain their ability to walk on walls?
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Imprint Energy is hoping to “disrupt” the battery market for this $1 billion-and-growing industry with their flexible and rechargeable batteries that can be printed on industrial screen printers on the cheap.
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A plane powered only by the sun is set to become the first to complete an around-the-world solar flight.
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