Four millennia separate these beer brewing technologies. Cleveland-based Great Lakes Brewing Company used a 4,000-year old recipe taken from a song lyric to the goddess Ninkasi and brewed it in…
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CdTe solar cells on a flexible metal foil (left), and electron microscopy image of the solar cell structure in the substrate configuration. From top: front electrical contact, CdTe layer, metal…
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A University of California, Berkeley group has a new method for growing semiconducting nanowire arrays on graphene that could lead to roll-out solar panels, flexible electronics, and more efficient batteries…
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‘Poisoning’ increases magnesium corrosion resistance Scientists have found a way to dramatically increase the corrosion resistance of magnesium: adding arsenic. The lightest structural metal, magnesium has many potential industrial applications…
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It’s all blue skies above the US Capitol in this photo, but the federal budget picture for 2014 remains cloudy. (Credit: Raul654/Wikimedia Commons.) Basic government funding is set to expire…
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Swedish glass blowers Orrefors have failed to find a new owner, sealing plans to move production away from Sweden’s “Crystal Kingdom.” All production will now cease at the glassworks in…
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The September issue of the ACerS Bulletin should be in subscribers’ mailboxes soon, and it’s chock full of content sure to be of interest for readers. Our cover…
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Kyocera concludes agreement to acquire 100% of shares in NEC Toppan Circuit Solutions (Business Wire) Kyocera Corp. has concluded a share transfer agreement with Toppan Printing Co. Ltd. and NEC…
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Local temperature increases occurring as a result of current flow in active regions of electronic devices can lead to decreased performance. Materials with high thermal conductivity are used to conduct…
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Nuclear power is dead, at least in Germany and Switzerland, and perhaps a few other countries. But it is alive and well in many other parts of the world, according…
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