Posts by Lisa McDonald
Duke, NETL study CO2 storage impact: Leakage must be reckoned with
Duke University, in collaboration with the DOE, just completed a study on carbon storage and the impacts of CO2 injection…
Read MoreGlass optics enhance concentrating solar performance
An all-glass optical lens may be the key component to achieving higher efficiency and higher energy production concentrating solar power…
Read MoreMissouri S&T geothermal energy system to replace power plant
Missouri University of Science and Technology plans to install a new geothermal energy system. The project is expected to reduce…
Read MoreAvalon plans to produce separated rare earths by 2016
In an interview with Rueters, Avalon Rare Metals CEO Don Bubar stated that the Toronto-based mining company plans to produce…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Tiger Stone continuous brick road paving machine
Via, Gizmag and Gizmodo, I found this video of this Dutch-made brick paving machine. I wouldn’t go so far as…
Read MoreMaterials stories that may also be of interest
At the end of each week, we end up with a list of stories I started to write about, or…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Chemistry of concrete
Update: We’ve received a lot of feedback questioning some of the science presented in this video. I forwarded some of…
Read MoreGeorgia Tech t-shirt contest to mark merger of materials science and PTFE engineering school
In late June, Georgia Tech officials announced that they would begin to merge its materials science and engineering school with…
Read MoreWood pulp-derived nanocrystals help cast tunable chiral silica films, with possible sensor and window uses
A team at the University of British Columbia, led by Mark MacLachlan, says its the first group to make mesoporous chiral nematic structured silica…
Read MoreHaiti’s materials debris problem still slowing infrastructure rebuilding
An ACerS Cements Division member tipped me off to an op-ed in the New York Times that appeared this summer…
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