Black and blue: different silicon drops cost of solar cells
HOUGHTON — At the end of one of the hottest summers on record, as fights rage on about how to power homes, renewable solar energy continues to present as an …
DowDuPont advances spinout of materials science division with stock filing
MIDLAND — DowDuPont (NYSE: DWDP) has begun the stock process of spinning out its materials science division into a new corporation, to be called Dow, with the filing of an …
Five Michigan engineering students — 4 from MSU — get IACMI internships
EAST LANSING — One is conducting materials science research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Delaware; another has returned to his internship in Detroit; two others are working in Michigan …
Kraig gets deal in Vietnam for raw material for ‘spider silk’
ANN ARBOR — Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) announced an agreement between its subsidiary Prodigy Textiles Co. Ltd. and three farming cooperatives in Quang Nam province, Vietnam. Under these …
Kraig announces production breakthrough in ‘spider silk’
ANN ARBOR — Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB), the developer of gene splicing technology that creates silkworm silk with the strength of spiderwebs, announced a milestone completion of more …
Kraig Labs gets OK to make ‘spider silk’ in Vietnam
ANN ARBOR — Kraig Biocraft Laboratories Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB), the Ann Arbor biotech and advanced materials developer, announced it has been issued its Enterprise Registration Certificate (ERC) required to begin …
MMTC to unveil lightweight vehicle frame at SAE
PLYMOUTH — The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center will unveil a lightweight replica car, military and specialty vehicle frame this week at the World Congress Experience event, hosted by SAE International. …
MSU chemical engineering and materials science sets Research Forum
The Michigan State University Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science will hold its 15th annual ChEMS Research Forum Thursday, May 10 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the …
Detroit conference to look at impact of ‘lightweighting’ on small manufacturers
DETROIT — The challenges and opportunities for smaller manufacturers of lightweighting – the effort to develop and use advanced lightweight materials in manufacturing – will be addressed in a Detroit …
Michigan Tech offers new insight into the magic of metamaterials
HOUGHTON — Metamaterials offer the very real possibility that our most far-fetched fancies could one day become real as rocks. From invisibility cloaks and perfect lenses to immensely powerful batteries, …