The Houston Chronicle reports that the insides of some bridges and other concrete structures in the state, and elsewhere in the region, are turning to gel, and the culprit is…
Read MoreThe good folks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say they have a new method for measuring light in the near-infrared range that is highly sensitive (in the…
Read MoreWith this August heat we have solar on the mind! Here is another interesting advancement in solar cell technology, brought to us from Re-Nest.com. SRS Energy claims to have the…
Read MoreAldo Boccaccini is a professor in materials science at Imperial College, U.K. and a member of the London Center for Nanotechnology, a joint project between Imperial College and University College,…
Read MoreFrom Fuel Cell Today comes a report that two companies working together think that mobile solid oxide fuel cell products could be commercially available within two to three years, with…
Read MoreSolar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle “inks” that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb…
Read MoreOkay, so now we are finally getting close to $.5 billion in actual checks being cut from DOE and NSF. (If you haven’t cast a vote in our poll on…
Read MoreArtist’s rendering of Stardust’s aerogel packs. Credit: NASA NASA reported Monday that the aerogel grid that was carried by the agency’s Stardust spacecraft captured an amino acid, a finding that…
Read MoreA group from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and the Fine Ceramics Research Association in Nagoya, Japan, reported in a recent issue of Science about their…
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