Posts by Lisa McDonald
What I wish I knew: Expert insight from John Mauro
Hindsight is 20/20, so we asked ceramic and glass experts to proffer their best advice. While they’re leaders, advisors, and role models now, they started somewhere. So listen up—their advice might help you in your own quest for success.
Read MoreVideo: Here’s how the periodic table got its four new elements
The Joint Working Party for the Discovery of New Elements has confirmed the discovery of four new elements that finally complete the table’s seventh row. But this news might not be as groundbreaking as the media buzz makes it seem…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Molten metal batteries, electromagnetic properties of graphene-BN materials, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 20, 2015.
Read MoreBetter together: Perovskites paired with silicon could create higher-efficiency solar cells
Researchers at the University of Oxford in England say perovskites are the class of materials that will change the solar cell game not by themselves, but when teamed up with our reliable standby material, silicon.
Read MoreHow did it all begin? Glass mimicking space stuff could provide answers
Scientists at Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research, collaborating with scientists at Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster and the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany, are experimenting with glass to help answer the very question of how it all began.
Read MoreGoing green, part II: ACerS members pioneer energy-saving technique for glass-forming
Researchers and ACerS members from Lehigh University and the University of Colorado have teamed up to decrease the amount of energy needed for glass-forming, an important process by which glass products take shape.
Read MoreCloser look at spider ‘signal threads’ could lead to advances in remote sensing technology
Scientists at the University of Oxford in England are studying the composition of spider web “signal threads” for inspiration when it comes to developing new advances in remote sensing technology.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Alcoa moves to reduce alumina production, MesoCoat tug-o-war is over, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for January 15, 2016.
Read MoreGoing green: ACerS member pioneers sustainable approach for high-purity silica production
University of Michigan researcher and ACerS member Richard Laine is pioneering a new approach to reduce, reuse, and recycle—his technique for production of high-purity silica reduces energy consumption while simultaneously utilizing agricultural waste.
Read MoreVideo: Could solar panels provide the world’s entire energy needs?
“Is it possible that one day the world could be completely reliant on solar energy?” TED-Ed answer that question by diving into the science behind solar cells in a new explainer video that focuses on the atomic happenings within a silicon solar cell.
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