Energy.gov, November 3, 2011
"Researchers from the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) jointly launched today a groundbreaking new online tool called the Materials Project, which operates like a “Google” of material properties . . ."
NERSC News, October 31, 2011
"New materials are crucial to building a clean energy economy—for everything from batteries to photovoltaics to lighter weight vehicles—but today the development cycle is too slow: around 18 years from conception to commercialization. . . . "
ASCR Feature, September 15, 2010
"If you spend any time working on a laptop or using a smart phone, you’ve noticed that computers are lighter, smaller and more powerful than ever. But battery capacities have had a tough time keeping pace with the added drain. . . . "
The New York Times, August 18, 2010
"Most research on renewable energy has focused on replacing the electricity that now comes from burning coal and natural gas. . . . A lot of problems could be solved with a renewable replacement for oil-based gasoline and diesel in the fuel tank — either a new liquid fuel or a much better battery."
The Economist, June 19, 2008
"NOTHING ages faster than the future. A few years ago there was general agreement that if the internal-combustion engine ever was replaced by something clean, that something would be the fuel cell. . . . "
The Improper Bostonian
"New materials beget new technologies, which in turn prompt wonderful things like electric cars, and employment. But new materials don’t appear overnight, and it takes an average of 18 years before a material reaches the market. . . . "