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Archive for 2014

Student-designed catalytic converter “greens” up your lawnmower for little green

By Lisa McDonald | July 22, 2014

A group of students from the University of California, Riverside is hoping to make yard work more eco-friendly with the development of a simple add-on contraption that can remove 93 percent of pollutants from gas lawnmower exhaust.

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Bubble wrap for more than packing and popping: Bubbles as mobile, self-contained laboratories

By Lisa McDonald | July 22, 2014

George M. Whitesides and his team at Harvard have developed a potential new healthcare tool that is incredibly simple, cheap, and functional—bubble wrap as mobile laboratory storage vials.

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By Lisa McDonald | July 21, 2014

News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

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New ‘sensing skin’ provides early warning for cracks in concrete

By Lisa McDonald | July 21, 2014

It’s not the Sixth Sense, Spidey sense, or even common sense, but a new “sensing skin” technology could change the way we’re able to respond to critical (and dangerous) cracks in concrete.

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Making glass from food waste—and more great stories—in the August ACerS Bulletin, now online

By Lisa McDonald | July 18, 2014

The August issue of the ACerS Bulletin—featuring stories about making glass from food waste, aluminum nitride powder synthesis, processing maps for flash sintering, the annual raw minerals report, and more—is now online.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Lisa McDonald | July 18, 2014

Ceramics and glass business news of the week for July 18, 2014.

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Video: Quality control gone wild: Schott blasts and pummels its fire-rated glass ceramics to ensure your safety

By Lisa McDonald | July 17, 2014

Schott’s line of fire-rated glass ceramics, Pyran Platinum, are put through an intense battery of tests to ensure that the material holds up to extremely hot temperatures and rapid temperature changes—all to ensure your safety in a burning building.

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Peace, love, and electrospinning?

By Lisa McDonald | July 16, 2014

Peace, love, and electrospinning? San Francisco, a city known for its infamous Summer of Love, will play host to Electrospin 2014, August 4–7.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald | July 16, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for July 16, 2014.

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New manufacturing method paves the way for production of ‘soft machines,’ robots

By Lisa McDonald | July 15, 2014

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new manufacturing technique that will help make the commercial production of machines made of elastic materials and liquid metals more practical.

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