Posts by Lisa McDonald
Zhong-Lin Wang takes nanoscale piezo energy scavenging to heart
Credit: Advanced Portfolio News; YouTube ACerS member Zhong-Lin Wang continues to make interesting progress on developing nanowire power generators and…
Read MoreUniversities worldwide gearing up for North American Solar Challenge
Teams from 16 universities are about to embark on an 1,200-mile solar car race through the Midwest. The North American…
Read MoreStudent perspectives on ceramic and materials education in latest Bulletin
What’s on minds of the current group of ceramic and materials science students? The American Ceramic Society wanted to know,…
Read MorePitt’s Gao demonstrates new oil–water filtration system for possible Deepwater Gulf spill usage
Credit: Windham; YouTube Back in November, I wrote about the work of Di Gao, an assistant professor in the University…
Read MoreDead bugs, cat hair, air filter…what would you view under a scanning electron microscope?
If you had a chance to view anything under the most powerful microscope, what would it be? A flower? Rotting…
Read MoreFlexible glass to challenge LCDs in electronic devices
Corning announced it has developed a flexible glass substrate that can be used for printed electronics applications. The glass manufacturer…
Read MoreiPhone 4 ceramic, glass materials update
Steve Jobs has been revealing feature after feature of Apples new iPhone for the past hour and it looks more…
Read MoreCeramic, glass content of Apple next-gen iPhone may be settled today
Apple’s Steve Jobs is set to officially unveil the new iPhone later today, and one of the continuing mysteries –…
Read MoreORNL to establish Nuclear Energy Modeling and Simulation Energy Innovation Hub
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced the selection of a team led by Oak Ridge National Lab for…
Read MoreVideo of the Week: Titanium dioxide to convert optical energy to mechanical energy
In a recent interview with Nanowerk, Ayusman Sen, a professor at the Department of Chemistry at Penn State, explained how…
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