Credit: Tres Amigas LLC. Although it is sometimes mistakenly thought of as a monolith, the United State’s current “electric grid” is more or less an aggregate of two large and…
Read MoreCredit: Capital Refractories. I am currently in Missouri at the St. Louis Section/Refractory Ceramics Division 47th Annual Symposium that runs through March 24, 2011. The organizers, who include people such…
Read MoreBerkeley lab’s schematic of how high-capacity magnesium nanocrystals encapsulated in a gas-barrier polymer matrix provide a new and revolutionary hydrogen storage composite material. Credit: Jeff Urban; DOE. Two separate groups…
Read MoreHere’s what we are hearing: Trek introduces new high-frequency amplifier for MEMS Trek Inc., will introduce its new high-frequency amplifier, Model 2100HF, at the American Physical Society meeting being held…
Read MoreYou are curious, right? Check ’em out: Detecting conrete structure defects with acoustic emission analysis A vision of the ultimate battery (related to above story) The hazy anatomy of a potential…
Read MoreGNEII nuclear energy safety, security institute was officially launched with the signing of an agreement among TEES, Sandia National Laboratories and Khalifa University. Credit: Khalifa University. The world now is…
Read MoreTEM image of a Ti02 nanocrystal after hydrogenation reveals engineered disorder on the crystal’s surface, a change that enables the photocatalyst to absorb infrared light. Credit S. Mao et al;…
Read MoreBeakers, such as this, and other porcelain lab equipment will be be part of an art exhibit opening in early June, which highlights the beauty of functional clay products manufactured…
Read Morea) Schematic of the HPCVD process, where a high pressure precursor mixture is configured to flow into a capillary (left). When the capillary is heated, well-developed annular films are deposited.…
Read More(h/t to KB) Corning recently published a video, “A Day Made of Glass,” which the company says is its vision for the future with specialty glass. It’s an interesting video…
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