Ceramic Tech Today

It’s a snake! It’s a fish! No, it’s a PV-wrapped highway.

By / December 8, 2010

Credit: Mans Tham. In a post today on Wired.com, Swedish architect Mans Tham’s shares his ideas on transforming the Santa Monica Freeway into a true solar highway, which he refers…

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Electric current restores function to damaged nanobelts

By / December 7, 2010

After denting the zinc oxide nanobelt with an AFM tip, electric current helped the nanobelts heal and regain much of their function. (Credit: Nano Letters) Xiaodong Li at the University…

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U.S. nuclear energy powwow today

By / December 7, 2010

Third Way and the Idaho National Lab have been holding a “New Millennium Nuclear Energy Summit” this morning in Washington, DC. According to a press release, the meeting is aimed…

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Technique demonstrated for making SiC nanowires from farm waste containing natural catalysts (updated)

By / December 7, 2010

a) SiCNW growing from a large Si-based particle, (b) representation of the morphology seen in (a).SiCNW, silicon carbide nanowires. Credit: ACT Journal. An article in one of ACerS’ journals reports…

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Refractories group offers outstanding scholarship opportunity

By / December 3, 2010

Looking for some major educational assistance in a field that is begging for engineers? Then you don’t want to miss this offering! The member companies of The Refractories Institute have…

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Top federal sci-tech council calls for $16B increase in energy RDD&D funding, quadrennial review

By / December 3, 2010

I have been out of the news loop for several days because of some health problems, but it appears to me that surprisingly little notice was given to a report…

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Visions of beauty at the nanoscale: 2010 Ceramographic winners

By / November 30, 2010

Each year, the ACerS Basic Science Division sponsors a ceramographic competition at the Society’s Annual Meeting. The competition’s top award is the Roland B. Snow Award, presented to the Best…

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Duke, NETL study CO2 storage impact: Leakage must be reckoned with

By / November 30, 2010

Duke University, in collaboration with the DOE, just completed a study on carbon storage and the impacts of CO2 injection into different geologic formations. The findings were published in the…

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Glass optics enhance concentrating solar performance

By / November 29, 2010

An all-glass optical lens may be the key component to achieving higher efficiency and higher energy production concentrating solar power systems. Silicon Valley-based Solergy, who recently announced plans  to install…

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Missouri S&T geothermal energy system to replace power plant

By / November 22, 2010

Missouri University of Science and Technology plans to install a new geothermal energy system. The project is expected to reduce energy costs, as well as cut the campus’s carbon dioxide…

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