Posts by Lisa McDonald
CWRU’s Aeroclay aerogel has ability to soak up oil spills
I’ve written before about the work of David Schiraldi’s aerogel research group at Case Western Reserve University. With much of…
Read MoreEmerging advanced ceramic materials may find use in future oil spills
I am writing this post from the Tampa Bay area where the spreading Gulf of Mexico oil spill, not surprisingly,…
Read MoreCeramic Leadership Summit: Spotlight on emerging business and technology opportunities and challenges for the ceramics community
ACerS’ Ceramic Leadership Summit is fast approaching. Unlike purely technical meetings, the Ceramic Summit fosters a participative environments that delivers…
Read MoreOffshore Technology Conference coincides with Gulf disaster
The Offshore Technology Conference is occurring this week and I expect it isn’t exactly the best of times. I don’t…
Read MoreARPA-E announces $106M in new awards for electrofuels, batteries and clean-coal projects
Energy-related materials R&D is going to be getting a nice boost in the near future according to ARPA-E’s latest announcement…
Read MoreCarbon nanotube aerogel developed for low cost, industrial scale
Scientists at the Paul Pascal Research Center in France have developed an industrial-scale method for low cost manufacturing of carbon…
Read MorePNNL charged to transform large-scale energy storage
According to a Pacific Northwest National Lab press release, a team of researchers at PNNL and EaglePicher Technologies is developing…
Read MoreSandia, NREL now have 180-teraflop computer for energy modeling
Sandia National Lab and the National Renewable Energy Lab have just unveiled a nice, new tool: a 180-teraflop supercomputer designed…
Read MoreDOE video: Why ARPA-E funded 1366’s direct wafer technology for photovoltaic units
Credit: U.S. Department of Energy; YouTube I continue to be really impressed with 1366 Technologies’ technical work and and business…
Read MoreUPenn researchers find wrinkle in AFM nanoscale friction mystery
A group out of University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics thinks it knows why, at nanoscales,…
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