Posts by Lisa McDonald
Diamond is a skin’s best friend? Maybe – when it coats a carbide blade!
There are steel blades that hold their edge for a short time. There are tungsten carbide blades that will last…
Read MoreLess platinum, better efficiency for fuel cells
According to a Brown University press release, researchers have created a unique core-and-shell nanoparticle that uses less platinum yet performs…
Read MoreMissouri S&T gets funding to develop battlefield ‘smart dust’
A significant trend in electronics technology is the increasing ability to provide adaptive features into smaller and smaller electronic devices.…
Read MoreA123’s launching new lithium flow battery project: ’24M’
When I interviewed Yet Ming Chiang, one of the brains behind A123 System’s lithium-ion battery technology, in 2009, he recalled…
Read MoreAbdul-Majeed Azad on Utilization of CO2 – Some alternatives to sequestration
University of Toledo professor Abdul-Majeed Azad believes a new paradigm is needed as the science community considers how to deal with the growing amount and threat of CO2
in the atmosphere.
Video of the week: Richard Brow on glass strength, phosphate glasses and the continuing allure of glass materials and applications
Richard Brow discusses his fascination with glass and delves into two specific
areas: tapping into the theoretical strength of glass, and the special
field of phosphate glasses.
FuelCell Energy, G3 Power Systems and egg ranch owner team up to power fuel cell with fowl gas
(Editor’s note: This post has been modified from its original version to correct that the fuel cells referenced in this…
Read MoreBand excitation scanning probe microscopy innovation earns award for ORNL, Asylum
The Microscopy Society of America’s magazine, Microscopy Today, announced it has given its 2010 Innovation Award to the combined efforts…
Read MoreTWiB will plug you in to advanced battery science and materials
Got some time? Venkat Srinivasan’s “This Week in Batteries” blog is definitely worth poking around if you want a lot…
Read MoreMaterials stories that missed the cut this week
At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to…
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