Posts by Lisa McDonald
3-D printing, clean energy, and next-gen electronics: Three materials scale-up trends to watch on National Manufacturing Day
Every first Friday of October, manufacturing companies and organizations join the movement to raise awareness about U.S. manufacturing. From 3-D printing to solar to next-gen electronics, check out some of the materials manufacturing buzz we’ve been following this year.
Read MoreVideo: This glass skateboard doesn’t crack under half-pipe pressure
In their YouTube series, “You make it, we skate it,” Braille Skateboarding put a bulletproof glass skateboard to the test—and the board held its own at the skate park.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Harnessing possibilities of the nanoworld, food additive boosts solar cells, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 5, 2016.
Read MoreCrystals are key when it comes to reducing cement’s carbon footprint
Rice University researchers delved deeper into concrete’s inner workings to detail previously unexplored aspects that affect the energy required to manufacture the ubiquitous material and that could slash emissions.
Read More3-D-printed bioceramic composite offers flexible new hope for bone replacement
Researchers at Northwestern University report that they’ve developed a hyperelastic material that can be 3-D-printed into a scaffold that may someday help repair and replace human bone.
Read MoreRipple effect: Ripplocations help explain dislocation theory in layered materials
Researchers at Drexel University report on their studies of MAX phase ceramics that describe a completely new observation of how materials deform—a finding with broad implications for various other kinds of layered materials.
Read MoreECerS 2017 conference changes date, location
Due to recent events that happened in Turkey, the 15th Conference & Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS 2017) will be held July 9–13 in Budapest, Hungary, instead of Istanbul.
Read MoreLatest sintering technology makes ceramic-based materials faster with less heat
Penn State University (State College, Pa.) researchers announced they’ve developed a new technology called cold sintering process that can make a ceramic material faster than it takes to bake a pizza and at lower temperatures.
Read MoreVideo: Oak Ridge Lab additively manufactures Guinness world record-breaking largest 3-D-printed object
Oak Ridge National Lab (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) recently used its Big Additive Manufacturing Machine to shatter the Guinness world record for the largest 3-D-printed solid object.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Hairy nanorods have diverse applications, merging solar with liquid batteries, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 28, 2016.
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