Posts by Lisa McDonald
Local temperatures affected by wind farms
A new story in Scientific American reports that wind farms cropping up along the landscape are changing local temperatures. According…
Read MoreSilicon nanomesh demonstrated as thermal conductivity barrier for improving thermoelectrics
Thermoelectric materials have great promise — if they can be made relatively simply and with inexpensive, safe materials. Just imagine…
Read More‘Fathers of graphene’ awarded Nobel Prize
Two University of Manchester researchers have been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Physics for their work on graphene. The…
Read More5 new research sites to be built with $50M in NIST grants
NIST waded through over 100 proposals over the past few months and has now approved proposals and funding for five…
Read MoreGraphene clocks spin rate at 60M rpm
New Scientist reported that scientists at the University of Maryland at College Park have managed to clock a floating piece…
Read MoreSerendipity: Nano LEDs accidentally produced during NIST nanowire research
Speaking of ZnO nanowires, chemists at NIST who were perfecting new methods of creating these nanowire report that they have…
Read MoreInexpensive radial ZnO nanowire brushes ‘scrub’ toxic compounds from water
In a story just published in one of ACerS’ technical journals, a group of researchers from Sweden’s Royal Institute of…
Read MoreACerS new Career Center jobsite launched
The American Ceramic Society has launched its new Career Center. Best of all, it’s free. Job seekers will find a…
Read MoreIntriguing scientists and engineers among 2010 MacArthur ‘genius’ Fellows
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named 23 new MacArthur Fellows for 2010. Included in this list is…
Read MoreDutch report advances with low-cost, low-temp Pd-film-on-ceramic hydrogen production membrane
The nonprofit Energy Research Center of the Netherlands reports that it is making significant advances with hydrogen separation membrane technology…
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