Here’s what we are hearing: AGC to build new plant in Brazil AGC, Japan, is set to move into Brazil’s construction and automotive glass markets, investing 40 billion yen (about…
Read MoreSolar concentration mirror for PV energy generation. Credit: Replex Plastics. Yesterday, the DOE announced $27 million in new funding for projects aimed at reducing the non-hardware costs of solar energy…
Read MoreCdTe array. Credit: NREL. For the first time that I am aware of, it General Electric seems to have jumped on the Sach’s Law bandwagon and decided that solar power…
Read MoreLaser-heated diamond anvil cell allows very large hydrostatic pressure to be applied to amorphous carbon aerogels. Cavity dimensions are approximately 100–170 μm wide by 35 μm thick. Credit: LLNL. While…
Read MoreCredit: DOE The next few days should be fun for materials scientists and engineers. Tomorrow (May 25) begins the start of a three-day meeting where participants in the DOE’s 46…
Read MoreSRNL’s John Marra speaks to GOMD about materials for nuclear energy and impact of Fukushima incident
Credit: Eileen De Guire; ACerS As announced in an earlier post, John Marra, chief research officer at Savannah River National Lab spoke at the conference dinner at the annual meeting…
Read MoreDe Guire On behalf of The American Ceramic Society, I am very pleased to officially announce that Eileen De Guire is now writing for this blog, and I expect her…
Read MoreArchitectural representation of 1 World Trade Center lower section design: Credit: SOM Architects. Although it seems that the decision actually was made several weeks ago, news is just now starting…
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