Tag: materials science

Here’s a development in materials science whose creators claim will help cities manage water run-off from the storms that are worsening due to climate change.  It’s essentially a porous paver, absorbing far more water than the traditional substances, and then …

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I’m writing this post from my annual visit to the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Energy Efficiency Summit. As I mentioned, the focus this year is on materials science, and this raises some interesting questions; for instance, if renewable energy …

Does the Earth’s Crust Contain Enough Stuff to Enable Renewable Energy Dominance? Read More »

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On the things I find so fascinating about the migration to renewables is that it represents the confluence of so many different scientific and technological disciplines – especially in the quest to drive down costs. To take an obvious example, …

Breakthroughs in Materials Science Critical to Quest for Renewables Read More »

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