Multi-partner team led by Argonne National Laboratory selected for award of $120 million to establish a new Batteries and Energy Storage Hub.

Greener storage for green energy
ARPA-E grant will support research into next-generation flow batteries to solve wind/solar intermittency problem.
Industrial carbon management research gets $3.75 million boost
Carbon Management Canada, a national research network specializing in the development of carbon management technology, announces eight new projects.

Dr. Karl Mayrhofer, MPI Düsseldorf, wins German state innovation award
Dr. Mayrhofer, head of the electrocatalysis group at Düsseldorf’s Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, has been awarded a young researchers prize.

Green Economy and Bio-Based Plastics
Rolf Mülhaupt investigates the dreams and reality of “green polymer chemistry”.
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies Displays Electric Vehicle Technologies
Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies showcases a portfolio of products at the 2012 Battery Show in Novi, Mich.

Advanced Materials Top 40 for November 6th 2012
Polymers, solar cells, and graphene – this and more in the Advanced Materials Top 40 this week.

New "Energy Technology" Journal Opens for Submissions
The new journal, Energy Technology, is accepting manuscripts on applied energy research in all areas of energy generation, conversion, storage, and distribution.

Researchers Create ‘Nanoflowers’ for Energy Storage, Solar Cells
Researchers create flower-like structures out of the semiconductor germanium sulfide that have extremely thin petals with an enormous surface area.

Skyscrapers Sweat it Out: Sweating Surfaces for Building Materials
Using thermosresponsive polymers to keep buildings cool.