Check ’em out: Profile of the Department for Nanostructured Materials at the Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia): An evolution of a ceramics department Study indicates that titanium oxide nanoparticles cause brain damage…
Read MoreRibbon-cutting ceremony of Ft. Carson (Colo.) solar array. Credit: Army. Apparently the beginning of this effort was announced at a conference last month, but I recently learned (h/t TPMIdeaLab) that…
Read MoreCredit: ARMINES/MINES ParisTech/CEP. A push like this in Europe was bound to happen sooner or later, and part of me thinks it would have been smart for the US, via…
Read MoreEnergy secretary, Steven Chu, and ARPA-E director, Arun Majumdar. Majumdar recently announced the next Energy Innovation Summit will be Feb. 27-29, 2012. Credit: ARPA-E The lead story in today’s ARPA-E…
Read MoreThe “Game”MIT “at” Colorado School of Mines Sometimes engineers and scientists have a tough time explaining what they do all day to outsiders. But, those who do modeling and simulation…
Read MoreCredit: NREL. About a week ago, Boulder Wind Power, a maker of a direct-drive system with what’s been described as a low-speed permanent magnet generator for utility-scale wind turbines, announced that it…
Read MoreLiquid Wall Prototype for Innovate:Integrate Exhibition from arbuckle industries on Vimeo. This video features one example of the innovative architectural structural design opportunities emerging from the availability of ultra-high-performance concrete.…
Read MoreNew 3M micro milling media is alternative to YSZ. Credit: 3M. Glasstec and Solarpeq return in 2012 Glasstec 2012, the international trade fair for glass production, processing and products and…
Read MoreCredit: stearns.house.gov. Not unexpectedly, the Solyndra investigation threatens to be poisoned by the unfolding political theatrics. Although I am as curious as the next guy to find out what, if…
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