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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / April 7, 2021

New 3D microbatteries, micromirror array in smart windows, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 7, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 10, 2021

Nontoxic carbon nanodots, concrete recycling, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 10, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / February 3, 2021

Novel ink to 3D print bone, energy saving ceramic phosphors, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 3, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / December 9, 2020

New tool enables economic glass design, hollow-core fibers outperform silica glass counterparts, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 9, 2020.

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ACerS Division membership offers networking, leadership opportunities, and more, says ACerS Fellow

By Faye Oney / April 27, 2020

ACerS Fellow David Lange has been involved in the Cements Division since the early 1990s. He believes his Division experience has contributed to his career growth.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / April 1, 2020

Crumpled graphene makes ultra-sensitive cancer DNA detector, superconductivity in meteorites, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 1, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 18, 2020

Scalable MXene production system, deep learning obstacle overcome, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 18, 2020.

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Observing at the extremes— nanomechanical materials testing at over 2,000°C

By Lisa McDonald / March 3, 2020

Performing microscale experiments at ultrahigh temperatures is difficult because the high heat can destroy the testing mechanisms. Researchers demonstrated a new method, which combines targeted laser heating and transmission electron microscopy, that may overcome this problem.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / November 27, 2019

Grow carbon nanotubes using newspaper, ammonia production, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 27, 2019.

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Graphene: Softer through bending

By Lisa McDonald / November 19, 2019

Different research groups have measured different values for bending stiffness in graphene that span across orders of magnitude. Researchers led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign now say the different values stem from the fact that graphene becomes softer the more you bend it.

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