Posts by Lisa McDonald
Samsung testing energy-scavenging nanopiezo touch screen prototypes
A computer touch screen that powers itself? It may only be five years until your iPad has this. Technology Review…
Read MoreGrowth in glass? PPG reopening glass furnace, ramping up fiberglass production in N.C.
Glass manufacturing, at least fiberglass production, may be seeing signs of improving. PPG Industries just announced that it has restarted…
Read MoreHigh-temperature ceramics guru Linda Jones picked to be CAO of Alfred U.’s college
Alfred University today announced that Linda Jones, a ceramics professor we recently featured in one of our videos, will be…
Read MoreAnd the winners are…everyone!
In honor of Earth Day, The American Ceramic Society launched a contest on Ceramic Tech Today inviting readers to share…
Read MoreNissan’s Li-ion pack dips below $400/kWh
Over 8,200 people have made online reservations in the past month for the upcoming Nissan Leaf EV, and for good…
Read MoreGoogle Earth app provides sobering oil spill reality check
I just got back from Florida and the residents of both coasts are very, very nervous. They also are getting…
Read MoreNanohole arrays show superiority in solar cells
Scientists have developed a silicon solar cell with a geometry of holes with diameters of about 500-600 nanometers, according to…
Read More$60M available from DOE SBIR program for clean energy tech
This just in: At a White House Energy Innovation meeting today, Under Secretary of Energy Kristina Johnson announced that $60…
Read MoreAlfred opens glass, ceramic nanotechnology center
A new nanotechnology center with roots that extend to Alfred University and Corning Inc, has just opened in Alfred, N.Y.…
Read More$18M in new DOE awards for advance materials innovations in manufacturing
The DOE is giving a total of $13 million to 48 industrial energy-efficiency R&D projects, many of which will have…
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