Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramic and glass business news of the week for August 5, 2024
PLANTS, CENTERS, AND FACILITIES AeroShield Materials opens new facility to innovate energy-efficient windows AeroShield Materials opened a manufacturing facility in…
Read MoreCeramic–polymer composites: A possible future for energy storage, harvesting, and conversion
[Image above] Credit: Aqua Mechanical, Flickr (CC BY 2.0) The development of novel imaging and characterization technologies in…
Read MoreThe environmental impacts of deep-sea mining, plus more inside August 2024 ACerS Bulletin
PDF version Electronic edition The August 2024 issue of ACerS Bulletin is now available online. In this month’s issue, we look at…
Read MoreCeramic scientists and engineers experience the magic of Montréal at ICC’10
[Image above] Students gather around to share their research during the poster session on Tuesday, July 16. Credit: ACerS …
Read MoreDeep-sea mining considerations: Polymetallic nodules may play role in ‘dark’ oxygen production
[Image above] Credit: cottonbro studio, Pexels In the August 2024 Bulletin that publishes online tomorrow, we dive below…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest for July 31, 2024
[Images above] Credit: NIST NANOMATERIALS Nanoscale device simultaneously steers and shifts frequency of optical light Researchers at California Institute…
Read MoreClassification of ceramics: from the traditional to the advanced
[Image above] In the past 100 years, the ceramics and glass field has expanded enormously, from its traditional industries, such…
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week for July 29, 2024
PLANTS, CENTERS, AND FACILITIES Heidelberg Materials opens new concrete recycling plant German multinational building materials company Heidelberg Materials opened a…
Read MoreDesigning next-generation communication networks: A review of niobium-containing ceramics for 5G devices
In a recent open-access paper, ACerS members Reginaldo Muccillo and Eliana N. S. Muccillo reviewed the key properties of niobium-containing ceramics to demonstrate their potential for application in 5G communication devices.
Read MoreVideo: Mobile block-laying machine offers new approach to streamlined construction
3D printing has made a name for itself as a way to speed up building construction, but it is not the only way to accomplish this goal. Australia-based robotics company FBR completed factory acceptance testing of its mobile block-laying machine Hadrian X earlier this year, and the machine recently arrived in the United States for site acceptance testing.
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