US Department of Energy

Mo-Sci licenses SRNL’s porous, drug delivering microballoons

By / December 17, 2009

The DOE has just announced that a licensing agreement has been reached between Savannah River National Lab and specialty glass provider Mo-Sci Corp. The Missouri-based Mo-Sci will use SRNL’s unique…

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Friday federal funding facts

By / December 12, 2009

The DOE has paid out only 8% of its Recovery Act funds: And, the National Science Foundation has paid out only 4% of its Recovery Act funds: At least one…

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DOE announces creation of ARPA-E Fellows program; $100M in new funding

By / December 9, 2009

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced on Dec. 8 that it is launching a new fellowship project. According to the DOE, ARPA-E is looking to hire (for…

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Friday funding facts – II: Smart Grid demo projects

By / December 4, 2009

Expect to see the DOE, the EPA and other federal agencies make some major announcements next week to coincide with the big Copenhagen conference. The DOE, for example, just issued…

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Friday Funding Facts – Part I: Check writer’s hand still broken?

By / December 4, 2009

This is just lame. How can the DOE let itself (and the science community) be this strangled by bureaucracy? Only $1.4 billion spent? Apparently the phrase “urgently needed” means different…

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Friday federal funding facts

By / November 14, 2009

The DOE has finally reached the $1 billion mark in funds paid out, but it’s still just the tip of the iceberg considering that $19 billion (93%) remains committed but…

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MS&T’09 Opening session talks (audio only)

By / November 14, 2009

Last week we published a video version of the panel of energy experts who spoke at the opening session of MS&T’09. There were two keynote speakers before the panel: Jeffrey…

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Lithium battery recycling facility explodes

By / November 12, 2009

NOTE: This post has been updated to reflect that Toxco’s recycling business includes all lithium batteries and is not limited to lithium-ion types. Earlier this week there was an unexpected…

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MS&T’09, ACerS Annual Meeting videos schedule

By / November 4, 2009

I had a great time last week at the Materials Science & Technology 2009 conference and ACerS Annual Meeting events held in Pittsburgh. Many thanks to Ann for taking over…

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INL poised to lead nuclear renaissance

By / October 26, 2009

According to The Idaho Statesman, Nuclear experts like the Idaho National Laboratory’s Dave Hill are confident as many as 10 reactors will be built in the next two decades. “I…

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