My list is much more straightforward than Eileen’s. I find that restraint and discipline comes with age. Mostly. (Eileen adds—See Peter’s fifth story. We’re even!) Anyway, I crafted my list…
Read MoreBackground image: Molten glass. Credit: Michael Germann; Dreamstime.com. Peter and I thought it would be fun to share our five favorite posts from 2012. Finding that choosing only five was…
Read MoreWhat did our readers think were our top stories of the year? Rather than do an unscientific poll, we combed through our Google Analytics report and came up with the…
Read MoreMid-holiday edition: NanoMaterials Innovation Center welcomes new technical manager, process engineer The Nanomaterials Innovation Center is pleased to announce additions to their science and technical staff. The NMIC appointed John…
Read MoreA while back I wrote a blog post about a story featured in the September issue of ACerS’ Bulletin by R.C. Bradt and R.L Martens, “Shattering Glass Cookware.” This story addressed the apparent…
Read MoreMid-holidays edition: Peel-and-stick solar panels For all their promise, solar cells have frustrated scientists in one crucial regard: Most are rigid. They must be deployed in stiff and often heavy…
Read MoreKismet, a 1990s-era robot made at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has auditory, visual, and facial systems to demonstrate simulated human emotion and appearance. Credit: Jared C. Benedict; Wikimedia. The holiday season…
Read MoreOn the cover: Cai Zhonghou, beamline scientist at the Advanced Proton Source at Argonne National Laboratory loads a sample into an X-ray nanodiffractometer stage. The cover story reports on the…
Read MoreA corrosion prevention project, led by Missouri S&T researchers Bill Fahrenholtz and Matt O’Keefe, was named a “2012 Project of the Year.” Credit: Missouri S&T. Corrosion nibbling away on a…
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