Posts by Lisa McDonald
Electronics Division names best student posters and papers from EMA 2016
The ACerS Electronics Division presented awards for outstanding student work during the January 2016 Electronic Materials and Applications meeting in…
Read MoreVideo: The science of sweat—wearable sensor monitors health through perspiration
Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley have developed a prototype for a flexible, wearable sensor system that can monitor a person’s health through perspiration.
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Electron transport across grain boundaries, graphene balls lubricate automobile engines, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 3, 2015.
Read MoreDeveloping chromium capture technology prevents poisoning of solid oxide fuel cells
Researchers at the University of Connecticut are working on a solution to fuel cell degradation by developing a capture technique that can grab chromium within a fuel cell, preventing it from reaching and poisoning the cell’s cathode.
Read MoreThinking outside the windmill: Innovative tree-like structures turn vibrations into energy
A project at Ohio State University is testing a new tool that resembles a tree-like structure for harvesting energy that uses vibrations from wind, traffic on a bridge, and even seismic activity to generate power.
Read MoreLucideon is aiming high with nanoporous ceramic pills intended to prevent abuse of painkillers
Materials science company Lucideon has developed a new strategy that can prevent drug abusers from using dangerous methods to get high—the company’s ceramic pills are much more structurally robust than traditional pharmaceuticals, making them very difficult to crush or to dissolve into alcohol or other solvents.
Read MoreEpic snowstorm only part of the story at 40th ICACC in Daytona Beach this week
The 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites opened with a reception last Sunday, and nearly all conversations began with a version of “Did the storm affect your travels to Daytona Beach?”
Read MoreVideo: Stephen Hawking and Paul Rudd battle for the future of humanity in epic game of quantum chess
In honor of the legendary physicist Richard Feynman and his quantum legacy, California Institute of Technology held a two-day event this week all about quantum science—and it featured one epic video battle.
Read MoreVideo: Honey, I shrunk the science—Series explores how nanotechnology advances innovation
A new six-part series created by NSF and NBC Learn, called “Nanotechnology: Super small science,” is exploring just how nanotechnology affects our world and tomorrow’s technology.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Lehigh awarded anti-thermal materials grant, photochemistry from quantum dots, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 27, 2016.
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