Credit: American Society for Engineering Education/SMART. This should be welcome news (via the DOE): This afternoon, the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness along with the Business Council, Business Roundtable,…
Read MoreTransphorm, one of the companies that will be receiving ARPA-E and private investment funding, uses gallium nitride transistors to tackle the current level of power conversion losses (10%). Credit: Energy…
Read MoreCheck ’em out: Powerful DOE-developed X-ray technology helps develop promising new drug treatment for melanoma UK study shows radical response to volatile material prices Ford, Toyota announce telematics, hybrid collaboration…
Read MoreLarge-format lithium-ion battery displayed at 2010 Paris Motor Show. Credit: Dow Kokam. Coincidentally, there is another news item out of Oak Ridge National Lab, this one regarding a new $5.5…
Read MoreFuel cell powered bus in London. Credit: Tom Page, Creative Commons. Fuel cell supporters have generally been disappointed that the DOE hasn’t done more for the technology or hydrogen-based technologies,…
Read MoreChemically bonded phosphate ceramic coating on a metal substrate (black region) (50x original magnification). Credit: EonCoat Corrosion is expensive. The cost of corrosion to industrialized nations is about 3 percent…
Read MoreArray of Isofoton PV panels in Morocco. The State of Ohio has been whipsawed by recent positive and negative announcements related to solar tech industries and jobs, including word of…
Read MoreReceived from the DOE: ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar to Host Live Chat on Innovation and Clean Energy On Wednesday, June 29, ARPA-E Director Arun Majumdar will host the Department of…
Read MoreCalisolar silicon is purified in a unique, liquid-phase process producing solar silicon without the high energy and specialized equipment of conventional vapor-phase silicon purification. Credit: Calisolar. As I have written…
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