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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 1, 2024

By Lisa McDonald / April 1, 2024

University of Liverpool leads new diffraction and imaging electron microscopy facility, 3M and HD Hyundai KSOE collaborate on liquid hydrogen storage tanks, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 1, 2024.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / December 1, 2021

Camera the size of a salt grain, new ultrahard diamond glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 1, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / April 28, 2021

Cleaner water through corn, properties of chiral materials, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 28, 2021.

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Tough beetles reveal secrets that could help join dissimilar materials

By April Gocha / November 17, 2020

The diabolical ironclad beetle can withstand crushing by forces up to 39,000-times its body weight. But what makes this little beetle so tough? A new study reveals some of the secrets the beetle stores in its tough exoskeleton, secrets that could aid in development of biomimetic materials and structures to join dissimilar materials in more robust ways.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / October 28, 2020

Charge electric cars up to 90% in six minutes, new model for ceramic conductivity, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 28, 2020.

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No furnace necessary: Lasers weld ceramics at room temperature

By Lisa McDonald / October 11, 2019

Welding ceramics traditionally requires high temperatures and long-term exposure. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, and the University of California, Riverside, discovered ceramics can be welded at room temperature using ultrafast pulsed lasers.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 28, 2019

Carbon nanotubes measurement possible, hydrogels treat bone defects, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 28, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / June 12, 2019

Free-standing sheets of perovskite materials, fiber-optic probe sees molecular bonds, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 12, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / February 20, 2019

Flaws of battery fast charging, skin wound regeneration with bioactive nanoparticles, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 20, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / December 5, 2018

Single-ion catalyst breaks down carbon dioxide, new farm fertilizer source, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 5, 2018.

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