Posts by Lisa McDonald
Scaling up and going green—Oak Ridge Lab develops biofermentation technique to manufacture zinc sulfide quantum dots
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) have developed a new process that turns to bacteria to manufacture semiconductor nanoparticles, harnessing the bacteria in giant reactors to manufacture zinc sulfide quantum dots via nanofermentation.
Read MoreScience of ‘invisibility cloaks’ has real possibilities—and real limitations
Researchers at the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin say they’ve quantified fundamental physical limitations on the performance of cloaking devices, a technology that allows objects to become invisible or undetectable to electromagnetic waves.
Read MoreVideo: Anti-counterfeiting technique writes invisible watermark in ceramic or glass
An École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne–based startup called Nanoga has patented a system that can create photonic watermarks on ceramic, glass, and metal materials and may drastically help fight pervasive markets of counterfeit goods.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Imperfections make big impacts, boosting efficiency of perovskite solar cells, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 6, 2016.
Read MoreBuilding future STEM leaders, one brick at a time
The Pittsburgh Section of The American Ceramic Society was one of several engineering organizations that sponsored the Annual National Engineers Week Future City Competition, where students are charged with envisioning a future city through digital and desktop modeling.
Read More24th International Commission on Glass Congress in Shanghai—growing a valued tradition
The 24th International Congress on Glass (ICG) took place April 7–11, 2016, at the Shanghai International Convention Centre in China. Shanghai built on the meeting’s most valued traditions whilst successfully introducing new ideas to maintain its freshness and appeal.
Read MoreFourth of July science—what makes grilled food delicious and sparklers sparkle
Another holiday weekend is upon us—which means that many of you will be celebrating America’s independence with food, fun, and fireworks. But what is it that makes grilled food taste so good?
Read MoreCareer tips for young scientists at HTCMC—self knowledge, mentors, planning
Dr. Federico Rosei’s interactive session offered points to students and young professionals on managing their careers, and, to a certain degree, their lives.
Read MoreConference inspires new thoughts on optical materials
The HTCMC, GFMAT conference provided some new ideas for a student researcher about single crystals, phosphors, and how to make good optical materials.
Read MoreCNT supercapacitor research a good fit for HTCMC-GFMAT conference, Georgia Tech student finds
Tyler Colling, a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, was invited to present his research at HTCMC-9, GFMAT 2016, in Toronto, Canada, but he wasn’t sure how his work with carbon nanotube-based super capacitors would translate to the other research topics at the conference.
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