Posts by Lisa McDonald
Orient Ceramics acquires majority stake in Bell Ceramics
According to StockMarketsReview.com, shares of India-based tile maker Bell Ceramics Ltd. rose by the daily 5% upper limit on Monday…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Ceramic spinel transparent armor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcrqzlVKVUQ Pretty tough stuff! This clear armor is made by South Carolina-based ArmorLine Corp, which describes this as a spinel…
Read MorePowerPoint slides that deliver the juice to energy presentations
A few weeks ago, GreenTechMedia put together a list (15 PowerPoint slides that shook the Earth) of what they thought…
Read MoreWood flooring, without the wood
I’m a huge fan of natural wood flooring. The look is classic and elegant. However, the wood floors in my…
Read MoreDOE announces $57M in new SBIR/STTR programs, $9.6M for ‘transformational energy”
Makani’s Airborne Wind Turbine project is being funded by a new ARPA-E grant. Over the past few days, the DOE…
Read MoreFormer ACerS president Delbert Day to receive Phoenix Award
Delbert Day, a past president of ACerS, will be given the 2010 Phoenix Award as “Glass Person of the Year,”…
Read MoreNovel electrochemical strain microscopy developed to study Li-ion movement
According to a press release, Oak Ridge researchers have developed a new type of scanning probe microscopy called electrochemical strain…
Read MoreMonday materials fun: Build your own laminate water jet with fiber optic characteristics
Although this looks like someone is unleashing the power of a hose full of glow stick fluid, this is actually…
Read MoreCarbon nanotube solar funnel as powerful solar array
MIT News reports that chemical engineers have devised a way to collect solar energy 100 times more concentrated than a…
Read MoreDOE earmarks $1.9M for midsize wind turbine tech
Three mid-size (200-500 kilowatts) wind energy technologies are getting a boost from the DOE. The agency announced today that Clean…
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