Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramic and glass business news of the week for May 11, 2020
Form Energy gets first grid-scale battery installation, ACI Foundation announces 2020 award recipients, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for May 11, 2020.
Read MoreBreaking orbital symmetry—researchers achieve arbitrary control of light chirality
Controlling the chirality of light is important in many fundamental and applied studies. An international research collaboration designed and fabricated a metasurface that can control chirality by breaking the symmetry of light’s orbital angular momentum.
Read MoreVolunteer spotlight: Lavina Backman
ACerS is pleased to announce that Lavina Backman has been selected for Volunteer Spotlight, a program through which we recognize…
Read MoreVideo: Celebrating mothers in science
In many countries around the world, the second Sunday of May is Mother’s Day. Many women who are mothers work full-time or part-time jobs as well, so in today’s CTT, we celebrate all the mothers in science!
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Ceramic fuel cell operates on butane gas, heal spinal cord injuries with graphene, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 6, 2020.
Read MoreWater, water everywhere… Now to clean it up
Making clean, drinkable water is not an easy process, and researchers are working diligently to simplify the process. Two articles published in ACerS journals demonstrate new developments in using ceramic materials as photocatalysts.
Read MoreDeep learning provides deep help—researchers develop publicly available software for rational design of oxide glasses
Designing new oxide glass compositions can be an arduous process when relying on the “cook and look” approach. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi developed composition-property deep learning models for eight key oxide glass properties, and they made the software available publicly online.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week for May 4, 2020
Kartesia acquires Pyrex’s distributor, CelSian extends its webinar training program, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for May 4, 2020.
Read MoreACerS member builds professional network through career contacts, ACerS Division involvement
In an interview with John Dowdle, an ACerS member since the mid-1980s, he discusses how his involvement in the Structural Clay Products Division has led to many networking opportunities and new business contacts.
Read MoreTo infrared and beyond: Proposed quantum-based photodetector may expand spectral operating range
Since 2000, infrared photodetector technology has experienced rapid development—particularly quantum-based detectors. Now, researchers in Russia, Japan, and the United States developed a model for a detector that could operate in the far-infrared and even terahertz spectral ranges.
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