Archive for 2014
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreOrganic, ecofriendly, and recyclable: Pine resin and alfalfa-based battery could have more than nine lives
Researchers at Sweden’s Uppsala University have developed an alternative to the lithium battery—an alfalfa and pine resin-based organic battery that can be recycled and recovered.
Read MoreNew technique captures ultrafast processes like a flip-book
McGill University scientists have devised a complex setup to capture a microscopic glimpse of an ultrafast process—the semiconductor–metal transition in vanadium dioxide.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
A new Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials and Structures, Morgan loses CEO, PPG scientists receive awards, and other ceramics and glass business news of the week for October 31, 2014.
Read MoreTrick or treat? Arduino-controlled Halloween machine makes either a matter of possibility
This Halloween hack requires little more than an Arduino microcontroller, Nerf gun, and drill to add a bit of high-tech trickery to Trick or Treat.
Read MorePBS documentary ‘How We Got to Now’ highlights glass’s past
Steven Johnson hosts a new PBS documentary miniseries episode, called “How We Got to Now,” that highlights glass’s intriguing past.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
NASA seeks new materials, fiber optics for new uses, sea otters have tough teeth, graphene aerogels for energy storage, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 29, 2014.
Read MoreGlass reacts to shifts in sun, wind to show that a window can be both beautiful and smart
Much like a kaleidoscope, Dutch designer Simon Heijdens’s smart window creates a glittering display of light that shifts based on the movement of sunlight and wind.
Read MoreCeramics set to solidify the future of solid-state batteries
University of Michigan researchers have been working on a scheme to use ceramics to improve even safer solid-state batteries, which completely do away with aqueous solutions altogether.
Read MoreDental implants made cheaper, stronger with ceramic-polymer blend and a dose of vitamin D
Experts from the Autonomous University of Baja California in Baja California, Mexico, are hoping to make dental implants equally attractive, more effective, and, more importantly, more affordable through the use of new materials.
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