The American Physical Society says it will be pushing congressional leaders to increase research investments in energy-efficiency technologies. The APS says that having a broad portfolio of energy-efficiency options is…
Read MoreWhile paging through a recent edition of Newsweek, I ran across two articles I recommend as good reading material. The first is by columnist Ezra Klein, “How much does a…
Read MoreThe 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 MoreWhat’s on minds of the current group of ceramic and materials science students? The American Ceramic Society wanted to know, so we recruited the ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors…
Read MoreA new National Research Council report starts to get at the real costs of energy versus what everyone pays at the gas pump or to their utility company. Damage to…
Read MoreHanesbrands says that mountain climber Jamie Clarke, reached the summit of the world’s highest peak this morning. Clarke is quoted in a news release as saying, ““The Champion Supersuit did…
Read MoreThe update to the America COMPETES Act appears to be in trouble, threatening continued expansions of funding for NSF, NIST and DOE. Readers of this blog should contact their Representatives…
Read MoreI finally got someone in the DOE press office to field some of my questions about why Recovery Act checks aren’t being sent! Ahem, that only took about 8 months.…
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