Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 6, 2020
GCL System to build $2.54bn solar panel manufacturing plant, Tile of Spain remains active, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 6, 2020.
Read MoreVolunteer spotlight: Clive Randall
ACerS is pleased to announce that Clive Randall has been selected for Volunteer Spotlight, a program through which we recognize…
Read MoreDeveloping a Nobel technology: A review of lithium-ion battery cathode chemistry
In 2019, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work developing lithium-ion batteries. A recent review article by ACerS Fellow Arumugam Manthiram traces the work done by John Goodenough’s group on oxide cathodes.
Read MoreVideo: Coronavirus exposes the digital divide
The spread of the coronavirus in the United States has thrown into sharp focus the problem of digital divide—unequal access to information and communication technologies. Although recent federal and local initiatives have worked to close this divide, there is still much work to be done.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Crumpled graphene makes ultra-sensitive cancer DNA detector, superconductivity in meteorites, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 1, 2020.
Read MoreA call to the ACerS community: How can glass and ceramic materials contribute to fighting COVID-19?
Here are ACerS, we recently received a question from one of our members—how can ceramic and glass materials contribute to fighting COVID-19? We ask our community for help in answering this question.
Read MoreCould unraveling of the recycling cycle create new opportunities for glass?
Recycling is currently a materials dead end—but what does that mean for other container materials? Glass could capitalize on the void left by discarded single-use plastics.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week for March 30, 2020
O-I’s distribution center nears completion, Siemens opens AM network to produce medical equipment, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 30, 2020.
Read MorePreparing for hypersonic flight—wing shape affects thermal shock behavior of UHTCs
Ultrahigh-temperature ceramics are promising materials for protecting aircraft wings from friction during hypersonic flight—but thermal shock can cause these ceramics to crack. In the cover article for the March 2020 International Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Science, researchers in China report how wing shape affects thermal shock behavior of UHTCs.
Read MoreNoisy neighbors? No problem—ceramic-plastic combo might block high-pitched sounds
As people around the world transition to working at home, they face new challenges to focusing—including the sounds of young children stuck home with no school. Two theoretical physicists identified a ceramic-plastic material that can potentially block such high-pitched sounds.
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