Posts by Lisa McDonald
MS&T’10 beginning in Houston
I’ll be writing from Houston for the rest of the week, covering the MS&T’10 and the ACerS Annual Meeting events.…
Read MoreUh oh: China says its rare earth reserves might not last long
The world shouldn’t take China’s rare earth supply for granted, according to a new Bloomberg story. The ministry of commerce…
Read MorePNNL researchers publish update on pancake-like sodium beta battery concepts
Over six months ago, Ann reported that PNNL researchers were starting to see some success in re-engineering the form of…
Read MoreMaterials stories that may also be of interest
At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to…
Read MorePredictive value of Web searches, in certain situations, established
This isn’t materials science, but I think this work by a Yahoo! Research team (appearing as a free download in…
Read MoreMIT Energy Initiative receives $25M for research and collaboration
MIT announced that Shell and MIT today signed an agreement to invest $25 million in the research and development of…
Read MoreAerogels: The materials science of empty space
This is a great introductory 54-minute video of a lecture presented early in 2010 by Alex Gash and Dean Reese as part of Lawrence Livermore National Lab’s excellent Science on Saturday
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Sintering in a flash? Researchers show its possible to do it in seconds with nanograin YSZ, heat and dc electric field
Talk about tantalizing tidbits of technology! There is a new article available online that reports on research showing that green-density…
Read MoreGoogle invests in windpower “superhighway”
Last April I reported on a proposal to grid-lock offshore wind farms with underground transmission lines in order to keep…
Read MoreSaint-Gobain to open new PV facility in Korea
Saint-Gobain today announced (PDF) the building of its third high-efficiency photovoltaic panels facility in Korea. Saint-Gobain is partnering up with…
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