Westinghouse and Energoatom pursuing deployment of AP300 small modular reactor, U.S. and Vietnam ink historic partnership, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for September 18, 2023.
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New way to make infrared light, heat pumps beat fossil fuel systems, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 13, 2023.
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Stretching metals at the atomic level, fastest industry standard optical fiber, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 31, 2023.
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All known piezoelectric materials to date are solids. But a shocking discovery at Michigan State University turns this conventional wisdom on its head. They observed the piezoelectric effect in two room-temperature ionic liquids, and this discovery could necessitate a modification of current piezoelectric theory.
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Glucose-run fuel cell powers insulin release, ‘mind-controlled’ robots, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 5, 2023.
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Nanoscale thermometry, 3D-printed silicon carbide, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 31, 2022.
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Vertical turbines for wind farms, researching Native American obsidian objects, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 5, 2021.
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Diamond-studded silk wound dressing, ultrafast fiber laser, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 21, 2020.
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Graphene won’t crack under pressure, nanoparticle chomps away plaques, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 5, 2020.
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Though discovering new elements beyond the 118 confirmed will be difficult, there are abundant opportunities for isotope discovery. The first new isotope confirmed in 2019 is oxygen-11, the lightest-ever form of oxygen to date.
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