Single-crystal superconductors are a big step for the field
Laura Mgrdichian of Physorg.com reports on findings by a group of Ames Lab physicists on potassium-doped iron arsenide single-crystals found to be superconducting. The research was carried in the journal Physical Review B. (more)
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Researchers Developing Optimized Catalyst for Thermochemical Waste-to-Ethanol Production
Green Car Congress reporter Mike Milligan talks with Victor Lin about research that converts syngas into ethanol. (Go to story)
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Suprafroth is more instructive than delicious
(June 6, 2008 R&D Online)
R&D magazine carries a release on discovery by Ames Lab physicists that the bubble-like arrangement of magnetic domains in superconducting lead exhibits patterns that are very similar to everyday froths like soap foam or frothed milk on a fancy coffee. (Go to story) |
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Ames Lab's Thiel featured in Slovenian newspaper article on quasicrystals (May 29, 2008)
Ames Lab chemist Pat Thiel, who was lecturing on quasicrystals in Slovenia, sat down with Delo reporter Jasna Kontler-Salamon to talk about new materials. (More) |
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Hot Running Magnets
(April 2008 Popular Mechanics)
Popular Mechanics magazine carries a news brief on Ames Lab's development of a magnetic alloy, designed for use in electric-powered vehicles, that retains its magnetic properties at high operating temperatures. (Go to story)
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Ames teacher brings world-class science back to classroom
Ames Tribune staff writer Bob Zientara interviewed Ames middle school science teacher Daniel Andrews about participating in the U.S. Department of Energy's Academies Creating Teacher Scientists or ACTS program at the Ames Laboratory. (Go to story)
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Counterfeiters Beware: You left your signature behind (7/23/07)
Scientific American reporter Sourish Basu talks with Ames Lab chemist Roger Jones about using new DART mass spectrometry to analyze forensic ink samples quicker, with more detail and without damaging the evidence. (Go to story). |
Cooking Up More Uses for the Leftovers of Biofuel Production (8/8/07)
The New York Times reported on Victor Lin's work to improve biodiesel production in an Aug. 8 story. |
Smith looks for other ways to make ethanol (7/23/07)
Wallaces Farmer carries news of Ames Lab chemist Emily Smith work in using Raman imaging to help identify crops particularly suited for use in production of cellulosic ethanol. (Go to story). |
Light Fantastic: Flirting With Invisibility (6/12/07)
New York Times science reporter Kenneth Chang writes about advances in metamaterials research, invisibility, and mentions the advance by Ames Lab's Costas Soukoulis to make materials work for visible light. (Go to story). |
More coverage:
Backward-bending visible light (R&D magazine - January 2007)
Metamaterials Found To Work For Visible Light (ScienceDaily.com - Jan. 9, 2007) |
