Why write your way through a thesis when you can dance it? The winners of this year’s annual Dance Your Ph.D. contest run by AAAS and Science provide a fun way to learn about some emerging research areas, including metal-organic frameworks and artificial intelligence.
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Visual and nonverbal communication methods are a great tool to help scientists make their science more accessible to a wider audience. The annual Dance Your Ph.D. contest run by AAAS and Science provides an opportunity for students to practice using these powerful tools.
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Bolivia pours first concrete for nuclear research facility, Kyocera celebrates 50 years of U.S. manufacturing, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for August 2, 2021.
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IBM unveils first 2 nm chip technology, ‘molecular glue’ for perovskite solar cells, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 12, 2021.
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Penn State University (State College, Pa.) researchers announced they’ve developed a new technology called cold sintering process that can make a ceramic material faster than it takes to bake a pizza and at lower temperatures.
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A new Materials Innovation Platforms (MIP) program funded by the National Science Foundation made its first awards to Penn State University and Cornell University to significantly accelerate materials research and development.
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Many science agencies will see federal budget numbers return to levels not seen since the fiscal year 2013 sequestration in FY 2016, according to a recent article published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Americans think that our country’s achievements and advancements in science are tops—but when it comes to their views on top issues like climate change and nuclear power, their perceptions differ from the views of scientists, says a new report from the Pew Research Center.
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We present an interview with Ed Herderick, the 2009-2010 Materials Societies Congressional Fellow and occasional contributor to this blog. ACerS, along with The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society and the…
Read MoreBack in August, we noted the work Daniel Nocera a professor of chemistry at MIT, who is leading has developed an unprecedented electrolysis process that uses the sun’s energy to…
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