Kyoto Prize laureate John W. Cahn The Society just received word that the Inamori Foundation has just named John W. Cahn as the winner of its 2011 Kyoto Prize in…
Read MoreComputational modeling of carbon supercapacitors with the effects of surface curvature included. Credit: Jingsong Huang, ORNL A fair number of recent posts have been about nanostructured porous materials (PCCMs, diamond…
Read MoreGraphene wave guide and splitter. Credit: Nader Engheta and Ashkan Vakil; Univ. of Penn. Penn engineers: Two-dimensional graphene metamaterials and one-atom-thick optical devices Why investing in energy storage is risky business Coal…
Read MoreSRNL microsphere filled with palladium where the top of the microballoon has been removed to view the inside. Source: The Bulletin, Vol. 87, No. 6, p. 26 The R&D…
Read MoreI learned about the existence of this video after I wrote my review of Gloria Beasley Lausten’s book about the work by her husband (Bob Beasley) on the NASA’s Space…
Read MoreSwedish company producing low-cost aerogel pellets. Credit Svenska Aerogel. Here’s what we are hearing: NASA gives Ceralink SBIR award for microwave-processed multifunctional polymer matrix composites Ceralink Inc. announced that it has…
Read MoreIf mechanical systems and the weather cooperate, July 8 will bring the 135rd and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program (STS-135). Coincidentally, I recently received a charming biography…
Read MoreI DOE webinar, June 21 For two consecutive years, Fuel Cells 2000 has named California, Connecticut, New York, Ohio and South Carolina to its list of top five fuel cell…
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