Posts by Lisa McDonald
Kyocera set to break ground on new $52M ceramic microelectronic manufacturing plant
Kyocera Corporation just announced that it will invest $52.4 million to build a new manufacturing plant in Japan to boost production of ceramic microelectronic packages.
Read MoreAdditive manufacturing reaches new dimensions for bulk metallic glasses
Researchers at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.) have now broken the critical casting thickness—the previous maximum possible size—for fabricating bulk metallic glass by using laser-based powder bed additive manufacturing.
Read MoreIJAGS April issue has new leadership at helm
Have you checked out the April issue of IJAGS? This issue is the first containing content fully curated by Mario Affatigato, professor of physics at Coe College and new IJAGS editor-in-chief.
Read MoreVideo: 97-year-old concrete ship has colorful history
Concrete ships have been around since the 1800s. But there is one boat with a concrete hull that is still afloat in a Florida sound. Watch the video to learn more about the colorful history of “The Boat”—which seems to have more lives than a cat!
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Inducing superconductivity in tungsten disulfide monolayer, liquid-to-glass transition process gains clarity, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 28, 2018.
Read MoreZeolite filter removes potentially dangerous compounds while retaining the flavor of smoked foods
Researchers from the University of Reading in the U.K. report that they have devised and tested a zeolite filter that can significantly reduce the presence of carcinogens yet preserve that delicious flavor of smoked foods.
Read More3-D printed ceramics could provide buildings with airflow, evaporative cooling
Inspired by Arabic lace screens, a team of faculty and staff from Iowa State University’s architecture department have created a 3-D-printed ceramic façade that can be used as part of a mechanical system to control the amount of light, privacy, airflow, and cooling in a building.
Read MoreGOMD selects award lecturers for May meeting
The Glass & Optical Materials Division has selected six outstanding glass scientists to present award lectures at the GOMD Annual…
Read MoreRefractories Symposium focuses on glass while breaking a ‘glass ceiling’
Last week ACerS St. Louis Section and Refractory Ceramics Division presented the 54th Annual Refractories Symposium, which has grown into the most significant annual gathering of the refractories community in North America. Nancy Bunt was the first woman to be honored with the St. Louis Section Theodore J. Planje award.
Read MoreCongress-approved spending bill proposes big boosts to research funding
The U.S. Senate just approved a $1.3 trillion spending package that significantly increases funding for research—the plan increases R&D funding by 12.8% over 2017 figures, the largest increases to research spending in nearly a decade.
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