Posts by Lisa McDonald
DOE rare earths, critical materials strategy 1.0
A much as I gripe about DOE’s funding delays, I do think kudos should go to the agency for making…
Read MoreFriday federal funding facts: DOE, NSF trailing other agencies in ability to distribute Recovery Act funding
Continuing from my earlier griping about DOE’s inability to deliver on its promises, as the graph above (source: Recovery.gov) shows,…
Read MoreDOE unleashes blitz of end-of-the-year funding announcements
I can’t help but feel like someone high up in DOE recently looked at the calendar and had a panic…
Read MoreU.K.’s Nexeon announces record Li-ion performance
Nexeon, a U.K.-based silicon anode producer, claims to have developed the world’s highest energy-capacity Li-ion batteries proportional to size, based…
Read MoreDOE study poinpoints public land for solar development
Peter offered readers a heads up Wednesday about yesterday’s meeting with Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of…
Read MoreInput Needed on ACerS Structure Review Project
President Pascucci requests your help on the Volunteer Structure Review Project. In a letter to membership, she states that the project will impact organization structure and member feedback is vital.
Read MoreVideo of the week: “Carbon Smackdown” – Smart Windows
Credit: Berkeley Lab; YouTube The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab this summer hosted a brilliant lecture series enthusiastically called “Carbon Smackdown,”…
Read MoreNASA solar sail lost in space
NASA’s first solar sail was scheduled to be released into orbit last week, but the space agency reports that it…
Read MoreMaterials stories that may also be of interest
At the end of each day, I end up with a list of stories I started to write about, or…
Read MoreSoladigm windows get $30M infusion, upping electrochromics competition
Last month we had a story about Saint-Gobain Glass’s $80 million investment in Sage Electrochromics. Today, another electrochromic window maker,…
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