Posts by Lisa McDonald
Monday materials fun: Robotic flying ‘maple seed’ vehicle with two moving parts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8FBDFJ1cbk I used to imagine a lot of the bio-inspired ideas, such as flying maple seed pods (above) and artificial…
Read MoreRaman spectroscopy used like a GPS to map toughening in zirconia
Polarized confocal Raman spectroscopy can be used to observe in situ ferroelastic switching of ceria-stabilized zirconia.Polarized confocal Raman spectroscopy can…
Read MoreTable-top particle accelerators & long-lived data storage from nanostructured glass
Back in May, University of Southampton researchers published a short paper in Applied Physics Letters regarding how they used novel microscopy-based…
Read MoreUS, Brazil’s first ‘strategic energy dialogue’ produces cooperative agreements
[Image above] Brazil’s Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron is a national research institution dedicated physics, chemistry, material science and life…
Read MoreDOE funds four projects to analyze fuel cell, hydrogen cost variables
Fuel cell supporters have generally been disappointed that the DOE hasn’t done more for the technology or hydrogen-based technologies, but…
Read MorePatent reform working its way through Congress and 8,000,000th patent issued
The US Patent and Trademark Office issued Patent Number 8,000,000 to Second Sight Medical Products for its retinal prosthesis device.…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may also be of interest
Check ’em out: Why we need a Kelley Blue Book for solar Swarmanoids (like the Mission Impossible crew, only better)…
Read MoreOne step forward, one step back for Molycorp-Hitachi rare earths relationship; Sumitomo deal stalled
I am still trying to figure out exactly what to make of this: Last week, Molycorp issued its quarterly report…
Read MoreFujitsu demonstrates computational design of carbon nanotube and graphene nanodevice
A key tenet of the Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness (pdf) is using computation to reduce the time for…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: New process viscometer catalog from Brookfield Brookfield Engineering Laboratories is pleased to offer a brand…
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