Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Lucideon’s new standard for ceramic tableware, PPG plant commits to water reuse, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for December 23, 2015.
Read More‘Tis the season for giving—Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation will quadruple your gift with special opportunity
In the spirit of the giving season, Ted Day, chair of the CGIF and president and CEO of Mo-Sci Corporation, will “match dollar-for-dollar all gifts of $1,000 or more to the CGIF (up to $100,000 total) from now until December 31, 2015,” he wrote in a recent letter to current and future donors.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Transparent metal films for next-gen displays, spray-painted ceramic particles, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 22, 2015.
Read MoreMark your calendar for ICACC’16 student and young professional activities
Attention students and young professionals: Make sure to attend the student activities at the 40th International Conference and Expo on…
Read MoreWhat works for penguins could work for planes: Secrets of the feather show how to prevent ice formation
New research shows that when it comes to anti-icing surfaces, the animal world’s most dapper creatures have a few tricks on their flippers.
Read MoreLarry Hench—inventor of Bioglass and children’s author—dies at age 77
Larry Hench, ACerS Distinguished Life Member and Fellow, lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday, Dec. 16. He turned 77 in November.
Read MoreA brief history of ICACC with Jim McCauley, meeting cofounder and ACerS past president
To honor the 40-year milestone of ICACC, Jim McCauley—ICACC cofounder and ACerS past president—gives us a brief history of the meeting and how it became the go-to international event for engineering ceramics.
Read MoreVideo: Series travels to the dark side to explore science of Star Wars
Is the Death Star laser feasible? Are plasma lightsabers even remotely possible? Can we build a real-world force field? The American Chemical Society’s Reactions series mulls over the science behind the answers in this new video.
Read MoreCeramic double duty: Bifunctional material affords chiton shells strength and visibility with built-in eyes
Ivy league researchers now show that mollusks called chitons have an interesting feature to adapt to their life under the sea—hundreds of tiny ceramic eyes integrated in and scattered across their strong aragonite shells.
Read MoreStart your single-molecule engines—nanocars face off in first-of-its-kind race next year
Scientists are in the fast lane when it comes to driving development of the world’s tiniest super machines. Now engineers are putting their best nanocars on the starting line for the first-ever NanoCar Race, which will be held October 2016 in Toulouse, France.
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