At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to write about, or started to investigate or didn’t even get that far even though the topic looked intriguing, but, I had a meeting to go to …

Anyway, it’s Friday, and rather than have these stories evaporate into the ether, I’ve close out each week by providing some raw links to some of these orphan tales. Check ‘em out:

Ceramic foam for efficient thermal insulation

Scientists create a multi-tool for working with nanoparticles

Needle-free, painless vaccinations with nanopatches

Spheric Technologies produces lithium battery materials
cheaper, faster with microwave; filed for two patents
(PDF)

Making Better Photonic Devices (video)

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