Posts by Lisa McDonald
San Diego area getting new grid link, 150 MW concentrating photovoltaic system and manufacturer
The San Diego area has been building out a special electrical transmission line, called the Sunrise Powerlink, which is opening…
Read MoreSpintronics may get boost from enhanced magnetism in BFO films
Following on the heels of our earlier story about multiferroic superconductor work at Berkeley Lab, we also received word about…
Read MoreBerkeley area group: Evidence mounts that ‘pseudogap’ is distinct phase in superconducting materials
Investigators in the field of high-temperature superconductors have been stumped for some time about what is occurring between when the…
Read MoreCM Furnaces turning 65
I recently received word that CM Furnaces in Bloomfield, N.J., is celebrating its 65th birthday this year. Although the company…
Read MoreTres Amigas likely to be one of first high-profile superconductor grid project
Although it is sometimes mistakenly thought of as a monolith, the United State’s current “electric grid” is more or less…
Read MoreRefractories here and there, West and East
I am currently in Missouri at the St. Louis Section/Refractory Ceramics Division 47th Annual Symposium that runs through March 24,…
Read MoreTwo new MgH2-based approaches for hydrogen storage proposed
Two separate groups have announced what sounds like somewhat similar magnesium hydride-based nanotechnology approaches to hydrogen storage. One group, at…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news from this week
Here’s what we are hearing: Trek introduces new high-frequency amplifier for MEMS Trek Inc., will introduce its new high-frequency amplifier,…
Read MoreMaterials stories that may also be of interest
You are curious, right? Check ’em out: Detecting conrete structure defects with acoustic emission analysis A vision of the ultimate…
Read MoreSandia, TEES and Khalifa U. launch GNEII nuclear energy safety institute for Middle East region
GNEII nuclear energy safety, security institute was officially launched with the signing of an agreement among TEES, Sandia National Laboratories…
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