Posts by Lisa McDonald
Student contest winners explore ‘greenhouse world’
Two Dutch high school students have captured the top prize in an annual competition sponsored by PANalytical, a supplier of…
Read MoreGroup thinks its ‘black silicon’ boosts photoconductive gain
Why settle for one photon when you can get 200-300? That’s the idea behind a new material being developed by…
Read MoreThin film sandwich feeds hunger for superconductors
Researchers at DOE’s Brookhaven National Lab have developed a sandwich of thin films that, at the point where the films touch, offers a…
Read MoreHamburgers and hot lips – nano style!
Hamburgers, nanotechnology style. The photo shown above captured first prize in a micro- and nanograph imaging competition at the 34th International Conference on…
Read MoreMarket for structural ceramics to reach $3.7 billion by 2012
A new report from BCC Research pegs the North American market for advanced structural ceramics at $2.7 billion in 2007…
Read MoreHelping ‘off-the-grid’ people see the light
A fascinating story is unfolding in Mbita, Kenya, where OSRAM – one of the world’s two leading lighting firms –…
Read MoreLearning from lizards how to improve dry adhesives
What can a team of highly trained researchers from four different U.S. universities learn from the feet of a gecko…
Read MoreChinese academy reports ZnO nanorod FET breakthrough
The Chinese Academy of Science reports that scientists at its Institute of Microelectronics have successfully formed a zinc oxide nanorod…
Read MoreSOFC-powered robot passes proof-of-concept tests
No, the little bot in the picture above is not a fugitive from a Star Wars movie remake. It’s actually…
Read MoreIRS sniffing around tech transfers?
The AAAS’ latest Policy Alert alerted us to the following announcement that the IRS actually made Oct. 1: Approximately four…
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