Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramic and glass business news of the week for October 26, 2020
Largest solar plant in Southeast Asia begins operating in Vietnam, UW Oshkosh and Agra Energy bring biofuel technology to dairy farms, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for October 26, 2020.
Read MorePursuing the future of energy: A review on perovskite tandem solar cell development and fundamentals
Perovskite tandem solar cell technologies improved rapidly in the past six years, but there are still challenges keeping them from commercialization. A recent review article by two researchers at the University of Surrey in the U.K. provides an expansive look at this budding industry.
Read MoreVideo: Celebrating Nuclear Science Week
This week is Nuclear Science Week! Celebrate the contributions that nuclear science makes to energy, space, and healthcare fields through videos and virtual events coordinated by the Nuclear Science Week national steering committee.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Diamond-studded silk wound dressing, ultrafast fiber laser, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 21, 2020.
Read MoreBioresorbable glass sensors: The future of medicine
Bioresorbable glass sensors may offer a safe and convenient way to monitor patients for short periods. Two recent articles in an ACerS journal explore the properties and processing of bioactive glass for this unique application.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week for October 19, 2020
IEA and EPO team up to promote sustainable energy tech innovations, BIA opens entries for 2020 Brick in Architecture Awards, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for October 19, 2020.
Read MoreWouldn’t ewe know it—titanium-reinforced bioceramic implant induces cranial regrowth in sheep
In recent years, calcium phosphate ceramics are playing a bigger role in research on materials for cranioplasty grafts. Researchers from Sweden now showed the potential of a titanium-reinforced bioceramic containing several calcium phosphate phases to stimulate regeneration of bone in large cranial defects in sheep.
Read MoreVideo: Toward an International Year of Glass
Since 1959, the General Assembly of the United Nations has designated specific years as United Nations International Years to acknowledged important fields of international endeavor and their contributions to society. Learn about a recent initiative spearheaded by the International Commission on Glass to have 2022 declared the International Year of Glass.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Graphene microbubbles make perfect lenses, bioceramic implant induces cranial regrowth, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 14, 2020.
Read MoreExploring effects of deep sea mining: Polymetallic nodule extraction may cause long-term reduction of carbon flow throughput
Deep sea mining is of great interest to mining companies, but scientists worry about the environmental impacts. A new study finds extraction of polymetallic nodules will likely reduce ecosystem functioning on at least decadal time scales.
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