Posts by Lisa McDonald
Video: How surging natural gas prices affect Europe’s ceramics industry
A confluence of factors is driving a record-high surge in natural gas prices in Europe. Europe’s ceramics industry is feeling the effects of this price surge and is employing various measures to handle it.
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Green fabrication of graphene, 3D printing aids coral restoration, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 10, 2021.
Read MoreSpeeding detection of disease—three groups present novel sensors for COVID-19 diagnosis
Barriers to commercialization are not stopping scientists from developing new and improved methods for rapid testing of COVID-19. In today’s CTT, we look at three recent studies furthering research in this area.
Read MoreManufacturers raise awareness of glass benefits at the 82nd Conference on Glass Problems
The 82nd Conference on Glass Problems took place Nov. 1–4, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Speakers focused on the need to raise public awareness of glass’s benefits and shared knowledge on topics of great value to manufacturers.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week for November 8, 2021
Beatson Clark invests £1 million into on-site recycling facility, Siemens Gamesa signs $400 million wind gear agreement, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 8, 2021.
Read MoreExcess aluminum extends Hall-Petch relation in nanocrystalline ceramics
The Hall-Petch relation describes how a ceramic becomes harder as its grains become smaller. But when the grains become small enough, the relation begins to break down. Luis Sotelo Martin and Ricardo Castro of the University of California, Davis, showed that adding extra aluminum to zinc aluminate can extend the Hall-Petch relation.
Read MoreVideo: The science of Squid Game—tempered versus regular glass
In the hit show Squid Game, one game requires players to hop across a bridge made of regular and tempered glass panels. One player claims he can tell the difference between the panels, but do his techniques hold up in reality?
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Detecting SARS-CoV2, ultralight but stiff sandwich nanotubes, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 3, 2021.
Read MorePeriodic improvements—new neural network demonstrates enhanced symmetry awareness
Current neural networks are incapable of understanding symmetry, which limits the conclusions that can be drawn from the data. Researchers from Lehigh and Stanford universities developed a new model that includes symmetry-aware features to improve symmetry approximation.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week for November 1, 2021
Pilkington runs furnace on hydrogen in five-day trial, China merges rare-earth companies into megafirm, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 1, 2021.
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