Posts by Lisa McDonald
Unofficial “Glass Week” draws to close
Nobody officially declared this to be “Glass Week,” but when five events significant to the glass manufacturing community occur in a compressed timeframe it is tantamount to a cosmic proclamation of Glass Week.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Breakthroughs enable razor-thin glass, CASIS awards tech research agreements, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for November 6, 2015.
Read MoreECD announces best paper, best poster awards from ICACC 2015
The Engineering Ceramics Division has announced the Best Papers and Posters from the ICACC 2015 meeting held last January in Daytona…
Read MoreGraphene could be key in development of new flexible, low-cost infrared vision system
Driven by the mission to develop a more practical, lower-cost solution to infrared vision technology, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are turning to a trendy material: graphene.
Read MoreOpen access: Argonne National Lab opens doors to industry collaboration in nanotechnology, energy storage
Argonne National Lab has created two new collaborative centers that each focus on a broad area of research with high potential to impact new products and developments—nanotechnology and energy storage technologies.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Concrete skyscrapers ditch the rebar, microscopy probes lithium cathodes, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 4, 2015.
Read MoreThese girls are on fire—Inspiring next generation of women in STEM starts in the classroom
There’s still a gender gap when it comes to women versus men in STEM-related career fields, but these super girls are helping to close it.
Read MoreFlorida’s tallest lighthouse stacks up ceramics and shines through glass just minutes away from Daytona Beach
The ICACC’16 conference venue will be teeming with the latest research on advanced ceramics and composites—but there’s plenty more to learn about ceramic and glass materials beyond Daytona Beach.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Boise State gets new Materials Research Center, impossible phase transitions, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 2, 2015.
Read MoreArachnophobic? Latest spider-related scientific breakthroughs could quell your fears
Researchers from the University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) are getting closer to developing next-generation smart adhesives, thanks to clues from a specific type of spider silk.
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