Posts by Lisa McDonald
New graphene ‘hub’ and electronics discovery create excitement in UK
Noble laureates Novoselov and Geim, left, along with Nancy Rothwell, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester, meet with UK…
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Check ’em out: Fisher-Barton opens new materials research lab The Fisher-Barton Group has opened a new $2-million, state-of-the-art materials research…
Read MoreOptimizing YBCO superconductor magnet design
Snapshot of 3D temperature distribution in YBCO tape during quench show a very high local temperature gradient. A multiscale modeling…
Read MoreOn Germany’s approach to engineering, science and stability
A story from the Guardian (UK) written by John Kampfer has some interesting thoughts about why Germany now seems less…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Upside-down ‘levitation’ of superconducting puck
Credit: Association of Science and Technology Centers; YouTube The phenomenon of superconductivity was discovered in 1911. Fifty years of physics…
Read MoreMaterials Football Game of the Week: Illinois at Penn State
The Game University of Illinois at Pennsylvania State University Oct. 29, 3:30 p.m., ET I went to the University of…
Read MoreNSF releases more info on Materials Genome Initiative funding plans
During last week’s plenary presentation at MS&T’11, NSF director Subra Suresh mentioned several times that additional information would be forthcoming…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we’re hearing (some info from news releases): Kyocera Supplies 2MW of modules for solar power plant in France…
Read MoreGlass floor, railing to be glistening centerpiece of Eiffel Tower renovation
Architectural glass will be the centerpiece of a €25 million renovation of the Eiffel Tower that will be undertaken in…
Read MoreBlack or white? Fuel economy may be linked to car’s color
If you’ve had the experience of climbing into a car on a hot, sunny day, you might have wondered whether…
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