Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. has received a grant award of $100,000 from the US Department of Energy (DOE) under the Small Business Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Under the grant, Altairnano will conduct research relating to the surface modification... Mike Millikin

Ford will begin offering an alternative-fuels engine prep package for its 6.8-liter F-450 and F-550 Super Duty chassis cab. Ford presented details of the conversion option, which will become available this fall and enables the use of compressed natural gas... Mike Millikin

Overall vehicle package. Source: Intelligent Energy. Click to enlarge. Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi. (Earlier post.) The... Mike Millikin

BP reported that the lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, installed on 3 June (earlier post), continues to collect a portion of the oil and gas flowing from the MC252 well and transport them to the Discoverer Enterprise drillship... Mike Millikin

Nissan announced that it has already logged 6,000 reservations in Japan for the LEAF EV—thereby achieving its target for all of 2010 in two months. Bookings started on 1 April. The company will continue to accept reservations; orders will be... Mike Millikin

The Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is in talks with PSA Peugeot Citroen Group about supplying the French automaker with small internal combustion engined (ICE) cars—from 1.0-1.3-liter displacement—that it will manufacture in emerging countries. Mitsubishi currently supplies electric cars... Mike Millikin

The Nikkei reports that Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is in talks with PSA Peugeot Citroen Group about supplying the French automaker with small internal combustion engined (ICE) cars—from 1.0-1.3-liter displacement—that it will manufacture in emerging countries. Mitsubishi currently supplies electric cars... Mike Millikin

Less ice covers the Arctic today than at any time in recent geologic history, accoring to an international group of researchers who have compiled the first comprehensive history of Arctic ice. In an upcoming issue of Quarternary Science Reviews, a... Mike Millikin

Less ice covers the Arctic today than at any time in recent geologic history, accoring to an international group of researchers who have compiled the first comprehensive history of Arctic ice. In an upcoming issue of Quarternary Science Reviews, a... Mike Millikin

Petrobras announced the discovery of a new accumulation of light oil (29 ° API) in the pre-salt layer in the Campos Basin, in water depths of 648 meters (2,126 feet) in the Marlim field Production Concession. The discovery was the... Mike Millikin

Petrobras announced the discovery of a new accumulation of light oil (29 ° API) in the pre-salt layer in the Campos Basin, in water depths of 648 meters (2,126 feet) in the Marlim field Production Concession. The discovery was the... Mike Millikin

Business Standard. Sasol Synfuel, which has entered into a joint venture with Tata Steel to build a US$10-billion, 80,000 barrel per day coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant in the Indian state of Orissa (earlier post), expects the venture to be operational by... Mike Millikin

Business Standard. Sasol Synfuel, which has entered into a joint venture with Tata Steel to build a US$10-billion, 80,000 barrel per day coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant in the Indian state of Orissa (earlier post), expects the venture to be operational by... Mike Millikin

Charge and discharge curves of seven different materials studied. GMP40 (60:40 weight ratio of mixed mesophase pitch carbon and phenolic resin) produced the best results. Credit: ACS, Lin et al. Click to enlarge. As one of the many approaches under... Mike Millikin

Charge and discharge curves of seven different materials studied. GMP40 (60:40 weight ratio of mixed mesophase pitch carbon and phenolic resin) produced the best results. Credit: ACS, Lin et al. Click to enlarge. As one of the many approaches under... Mike Millikin

The 20-member EU-funded FANTASIA (Flexible and near-net-shape generative manufacturing chains and repair techniques for complex shaped aero engine parts) consortium, headed by researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) in Germany, has demonstrated how selective laser melting (SLM)... Mike Millikin

The 20-member EU-funded FANTASIA (Flexible and near-net-shape generative manufacturing chains and repair techniques for complex shaped aero engine parts) consortium, headed by researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT) in Germany, has demonstrated how selective laser melting (SLM)... Mike Millikin

Royal Dutch Shell plc and Iogen Corporation have made a further investment in Iogen Energy, their jointly owned subsidiary, for the purpose of accelerating the commercial deployment of Iogen Energy’s process for making cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residue. As part... Mike Millikin

Royal Dutch Shell plc and Iogen Corporation have made a further investment in Iogen Energy, their jointly owned subsidiary, for the purpose of accelerating the commercial deployment of Iogen Energy’s process for making cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residue. As part... Mike Millikin

PTI. GM India will manufacture the 1.0-liter diesel for the Beat small car at its Talegaon manufacturing facility near Pune. The auto major will also manufacture its 1.2-litre gasoline engine from the same facility, which will be introduced at the... Mike Millikin