Zinc oxide breakthrough. Annual PERFORM conference. Lorraine O'Donnell heritage projects.

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• Several media report on a Concordia study, published in Materials and Design, of a new, cost-effective method for producing zinc oxide that could lead to considerable reductions in the cost of producing such items as solar cells, lasers and gas sensors. The research was led by Pablo Bianucci, assistant professor of physics in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and doctoral candidate in physics, Amir Hassanpour: Journal de Montréal,TVAnouvelles.ca, Phys.Org, ECN Magazine, AMEQ en ligne (behind a paywall).
• Karen Li, professor in the Department of Psychology, Thanh Dang Vu, associate professor in the Department of Exercise Science, and MA student Rachel Downey appeared on the Leslie Roberts Show on CJAD (no link available) this morning to talk about the annual PERFORM Centre Research Conference.
• The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph writes that Lorraine O'Donnell, affiliate associate professor in the School of Community and Public Affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Science, participated in a panel discussion at Quebec City's Morrin Centre last weekend. O'Donnell talked about her research work on history and heritage projects.

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