Posts by Lisa McDonald
Awards, meetings, networking, shattered mugs, art, and so much science—MS&T16 continues in Salt Lake City
Materials Science & Technology 2016 continues to deliver top-quality materials science and engineering research at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, this week—here are a few more shots of all the materials science action.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
A better method to manufacture silicon nanowires, new 3-D design for mobile microbatteries, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 26, 2016.
Read MoreMS&T16 elevates materials science research with strong start in Salt Lake City, Utah
Materials Science and Technology 2016 kicked off in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Sunday—check out some of our first snapshots of the action.
Read MoreIt takes two: New tandem perovskite solar cell could outrank silicon’s efficiency and stability
Researchers from Stanford University (Stanford, Calif.) and Oxford University (Oxford, England) joined forces to create a new perovskite design they say “could outperform existing commercial technologies,” according to a Stanford News article.
Read MoreScience in Salt Lake—Check out these three scientific attractions during MS&T16
Materials Science and Technology 2016 kicks off Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah. And because we’re a group of science-and-tech-minded individuals, I’ve compiled a list of a few scientific attractions to catch in between MS&T activities next week.
Read MoreOpening a window to better batteries: Researchers get up-close to watch lithium dendrites grow
A team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a strategy to observe dendrite formation in batteries in real time—observations that will help scientists understand how dendrites form and ultimately develop better future batteries.
Read MoreVideo: Macro pop-up model makes it easier to fabricate micro shapes
Yihui Zhang, a researcher from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, developed a 2-D to 3-D model solution to help engineers better fabricate shapes at a microscopic scale.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Engineering LEGO-like building blocks, flexible lithium-ions are evolving batteries, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 19, 2016.
Read MoreMove over silicon: Magnetoelectric multiferroics and tiny transistors could enable faster computers that consume less power
The continuing trend for electronics is to pack more power into a smaller device that requires less energy input. Two significant materials research advances—one published in Nature and one published in Science—are moving precisely in that direction.
Read MoreFlexible electronic ‘paper’ display color spectrum rivals LED and uses less energy
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg, Sweden, developed a new electronic “paper” that is bendable, ultra thin, and transmits the same rich color spectrum of a typical LED display—but it requires ten times less energy to power it than a Kindle e-reader.
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