Posts by Lisa McDonald
Center to leverage NC nanobiotech research
The Center of Innovation in Nanobiotechnology, located in North Carolina, is going to be using a new $2.5 million grant…
Read MoreVertical-axis turbines may find a home inside transmission towers
Wind turbines aren’t exactly a “next generation” idea, but three French designers have introduced an innovative pairing of wind turbines…
Read MorePhilippines launches 10-year nano initiative
The online version of the Philippines-based Inquirer newspaper reported yesterday that the nation is going to attempt to jump start…
Read MoreGlobal Green New Deal
The United Nations Environment Programme has published a policy brief titled, “Global Green New Deal.” UNEP argues that the multiple crises…
Read MoreThe Living Dead: Awakening nanocapacitors’ dead layer
Scientists have taken materials-by-design to the next frontier: devices-by-design at the atomic level. A recent issue of Nature Materials introduces…
Read MoreVideo of the week – SLAC’s X-ray laser achieves “first light”
[Image above] Credit: ACerS; YouTube Materials research got a great new tool in late April when the Linac Coherent Light…
Read MoreCeradyne adds helmet capabilities to protection porfolio
The acquisition of company that makes advanced military helmets broadens the strategic position of one of the leading ceramic armor…
Read MoreFraunhofer making headway on transparent displays
A transparent laptop screen? A window as a video display? It’s long been a dream and occasionally an expensive prototype,…
Read MoreBerkeley Lab group achieves tunable bandgap in graphene
Credit: Berkeley Laboratory; YouTube (Abbreviations fixed – h/t to reader Bob Gottschall) The use of graphene as a full-function transistor…
Read MoreNew ACerS website adds Knowledge Center, tools, community and speed
The American Ceramic Society has launched its spanking-new website. The ACerS website has many visible and behind-the-scenes upgrades, and a…
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