Posts by Lisa McDonald
Update on Calisolar: ‘Columbus? You thought we meant Ohio?!?’
Back in July, we reported how State of Ohio and federal officials were left scratching their head when Calisolar, a company…
Read MoreDiffraction data center offering graduate scholarships
Are you in grad school and have an interest crystallography-oriented research? If so, you should check out a scholarship opportunity…
Read MoreMAX exfoliation: Surprisingly simple method to make 2D graphene-like carbides
Graphene, a two-dimensional sheet of carbon, has been the subject of much research since it was discovered in 2004. Its…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: NIST: Iron ‘veins’ are secret of promising new hydrogen storage material With plutonium-238 supplies running low, the…
Read MoreTwo approaches for using nanowires, including core–shell structures, to improve photovoltaics
[Image above] Schematic shows how to make core/shell nanowire solar cell starting from left with a CdS nanowire (green) that…
Read MoreMaterials Football Game of the Week: University of California, Davis at Arizona State University
The Game University of California, Davis at Arizona State University Sept. 1, 7:00 p.m., PT; Tempe, Ariz. The last time…
Read MoreWhite House: 45 companies pledge to double engineering internships next year
This should be welcome news (via the DOE): This afternoon, the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness along with the…
Read MoreFeynman’s life grist for new graphic novel
A new graphic biography about physicist Richard Feynman has just been published. I don’t have particular “heroes,” but I have…
Read MoreThe beer brewer’s kin: The genealogy of lager beer microbes
It’s September, which means Octoberfest season is almost here. Ever wonder what really makes those delicious brews? I just came…
Read MoreARPA-E awards $15.5M to leverage $108M for five clean tech innovators; says rare-earth innovations awards coming
Transphorm, one of the companies that will be receiving ARPA-E and private investment funding, uses gallium nitride transistors to tackle…
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