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By Lisa McDonald / December 7, 2022

Nanoreactor grows hydrogen-storage crystals, purple LED streetlights, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 7, 2022.

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Preparing for winter—hollow silica particles could form the basis of next-generation thermal insulation systems

By Lisa McDonald / November 4, 2022

Hollow silica particles exhibit lower thermal conductivities than current common thermal insulation materials, while also being easier and cheaper to fabricate than state-of-the-art insulating aerogels. Two recent studies demonstrate the work being done to develop stable and scalable hollow silica particle-based composites for next-generation thermal insulation systems.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for September 26, 2022

By Lisa McDonald / September 26, 2022

American Semiconductor Innovation Coalition expands to entire chipmaking supply chain, DOE sets goals for offshore wind energy in latest Earthshot, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for September 26, 2022.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for September 19, 2022

By Lisa McDonald / September 19, 2022

Africa’s first hydrogen power plant to start producing electricity in 2024, NIST and Google to create new supply of chips for researchers and tech startups, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for September 19, 2022.

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The microscopist’s dilemma: How to take advantage of an abundance of data

By Eileen De Guire / June 28, 2022

Storing data generated by sophisticated microscopy instruments is quite easy, but accessing, interpreting, and acting on the terabytes of data is challenging. Two recent papers offer interesting approaches to interacting with electron microscopes and the data they produce.

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One phase to rule them all—researchers use Monte Carlo simulations to determine most stable structure of boron nitride

By Lisa McDonald / April 29, 2022

Though hexagonal boron nitride is generally regarded as the most stable boron nitride structure, the relative phase stabilities of boron nitride polymorphs are still under debate. Researchers led by the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology used Monte Carlo simulations to calculate the relative phase stabilities of these polymorphs.

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Silicon, zirconium nitrides may serve as superior coatings in next-generation nuclear fuels

By Lisa McDonald / April 19, 2022

Tristructural isotropic coated particle fuel is expected to improve safety of nuclear reactors. Researchers led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville investigated the potential of using silicon nitride and zirconium nitride in TRISO particle fuel rather than silicon carbide.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / January 19, 2022

Clay minerals help curb methane emissions, water-promoted fracture growth on glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 19, 2022.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / November 17, 2021

Weak bonds help make borophene, hydrogel battery for bioimplants, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 17, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / October 6, 2021

Breakup of a single chemical bond, lass ‘sand’ to prevent coastal erosion, a new way to control magnets, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 6, 2021.

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