Posts by Lisa McDonald
Holdren, Lubchenco confirmations still in limbo
Last week we had a post regarding an attempt by an unknown senator to hold hostage the nominations of the…
Read MoreAdvance ceramics to grow at 4% pace in U.S.?
That’s the growth rate predicted in a just-released report by a Indian research firm, Bharat Book Bureau. The report also…
Read MoreAFS Trinity’s extreme hybrid: marriage of Li-ion battery and ultracapacitors
AFS Trinity is set to demonstrate 150 mpg SUVs today using a system that is optimized for 40-mile-range usage, tolerant…
Read MoreCFC says it holds fuel cell efficiency record
Since we are on the subject on new efficiency records [see post here], I wanted to note that Australia’s Ceramic…
Read MoreQuant: One large, rolling solar panel?
Swedish car maker Koenigsegg just unveiled its Quant electric car at the Geneva Motor Show. The company says the car…
Read MoreRailway looking to fuel cells to keep them rolling
The sound of choo-chooing left the commercial railway business years ago, and now the smell of burnt diesel fuel may…
Read MoreGroup tackles tougher turbine coatings
The Argonne National Lab website had a nice article discussing the work of a research team from Northwestern University, Rolls-Royce…
Read MoreFollow the money – to nanointermediates
If you want to make money in nanomaterials, the place to invest is in nano-improved intermediary products, such as coatings,…
Read MoreYale ‘shapes’ up nanomanufacturing with bulk metallic glass
Yale engineers are “shaping” the future of nanodevice manufacturing by developing nanoscale molds made from amorphous metals – a.k.a. bulk…
Read MoreScience being held hostage?
Washington Post reports that Sen. Robert Menendez is blocking the nominations of the Obama administration’s two top science advisers, John…
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