Posts by Lisa McDonald
Video 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…
Read MoreCeramists shed new light on amorphous calcium carbonate changes, effects of CO2 storage
With several proposals related to the conversion of sequestered CO2 to carbonates being considered by the science community, a team…
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