No more broken glass? Theoretical work by researchers at Rice University shows the potential for doubling the strength of glass. Credit: Rice University. Glass is one of the intrinsically strongest…
Read MoreCredit: Katharine Epler et al.; Advanced Healthcare Materials. In traditional drug delivery approaches, only a small amount of the drug reaches the part of the body where it is actually…
Read More• A sand mine in a small west coast of Scotland village has reopened and aims to export up to 100,000 tons of sand a year. Lochaline Quartz Sand, a…
Read MoreNuclear power plant control room. Credit: Wikipedia Commons. When Japan’s government last week suddenly announced that it would phase out its nuclear power plants by 2040, it probably thought it…
Read MoreSchematic illustration of a regular atomic array of ferromagnetic nano-domains formed by an unconventional strain relaxation in epitaxial thin film lanthanum cobaltite. Credit: Lee; ORNL. Bulk and “unbulk” materials behave…
Read MoreI’ve known for some time that glass–ceramic products can be machined, but I actually have never seen it done, so seeing that process and what tools have to be used,…
Read MoreHere is what we are hearing: BASF building production plant for specialty zeolites in Ludwigshafen, Germany (MaterialsViews) BASF is investing in the construction of a production plant for specialty zeolites…
Read MoreScreenshot of new online ceramicSOURCE homepage. It’s time for my annual plug for The American Ceramic Society’s great “marketplace” tool—the “ceramicSOURCE‘ directory. Actually, ceramicSOURCE is two nearly identical directories. The…
Read MoreFiber optic cables: How they work. Credit: EngineeringGuy.com. There apparently are a number of readers of this blog who are always on the search for videos to introduce basic materials…
Read MoreCheck ’em out: The CVD system coats solar panel substrates in the cycle. Credit: Fraunhofer IST. New processes for cost-efficient solar cell production The photovoltaic industry is pinning its hopes…
Read More