Posts by Lisa McDonald
Relaxing before tackling energy materials challenges
Tomorrow they will get down to the business of discussing innovations in areas of solar energy, wind power, hydro, geothermal,…
Read MoreDOE’s recent energy materials meeting underlines importance of MCARE conference
Next week I will be attending the Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy conference in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing (mostly via press releases and trade publication reports): Power Plant Services chooses Lucifer Furnaces Lucifer…
Read MoreTailored piezoelectric nanostructures via “soft template infiltration”
Investigators at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a promising new manufacturing process to form piezoelectrically active ferroelectric nanotubes,…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Berkeley Lab researchers synthesized a molecule that mimics catalytically active triangular molybdenum disulfide edge-sites. The result is an entire layer…
Read MoreCelebrate! This is National Engineers Week!
This year’s Engineering Week is Feb. 19-25. The week celebrates the accomplishments of the nation’s engineers. Eweek is a favorite…
Read MoreFederal budget 2013 — What the proposed budget is offering for science R&D
Last Monday, President Obama delivered his FY’13 budget proposal to Congress, and today, OSTP chief John Holdren is appearing before…
Read MoreICC4 Plenary & keynote speakers (part 1): Interest in energy topics abound
As ICC4 president Katherine Faber noted last week in her video invitation to the July 15-19 event in Chicago, the…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
Samples of decorative glass bottles made by PacificGlas. Credit: PacificGlas. It has been announced that PacificGlas will commission a new…
Read MoreUAB group demonstrates techniques to electrospin improved 3D tissue engineering scaffolds
3D technology builds better body parts from uabnews on Vimeo. We’ve covered electrospinning extensively in The Bulletin, which of course…
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