Posts by Lisa McDonald
‘Dancing’ atoms may lead to logic switches, nano-scale detectors
Two Johns Hopkins researchers believe they have developed a new method to use lasers to manipulate electrons in a crystal…
Read MoreChina tops list of CO2 emitters
The world’s carbon dioxide emissions have escalated 38 percent since 1992, climbing from 6.1 billion tons in 1992 to 8.5…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Nanotube speakers
We posted about this novel use of carbon nanotubes as audio speakers on Monday, but today we have a video…
Read MoreCO2 sequestration leaps forward with new basalt study
Federal scientists working at PNNL today unveiled results of research that appear to show that carbon dioxide can be permanently…
Read MoreNanotube speakers – The next “big” thin thing
What’s transparent, stretchable, nearly weightless, flexible enough to be sown onto a shirt and plugs into your iPod? Maybe, soon,…
Read MoreEnergy ‘harvesting,’ structure monitoring confab at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech’s Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems is hosting its 4th Annual Energy Harvesting Workshop Jan 28-29 in…
Read MoreOddest announcement of the last few weeks: Peeling tape can emit X-rays
Maybe a newly rediscovered property of Scotch tape is the reason the 3M company has been doing better in the…
Read MoreNanobamas – symbolic solutions to tough problems?
Perhaps we shouldn’t read too much into the microscopic faces of Barack Obama (shown above) that University of Michigan professor…
Read MoreKyocera scores with online ‘Fine Ceramics World’
“Fine ceramics” – a.k.a. advanced ceramics – gets a great boost from a new website launched by Kyocera. If…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Physics 101: What our next president needs to know
Credit: Berkeley Lab, YouTube Apropos of this week’s event in the U.S., this week’s video is based on what’s been…
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