Posts by Lisa McDonald
Who needs a whiteboard when you can build a ‘lightboard’?
An educator at Northwestern is flipping things around—he’s ditching the traditional whiteboard in favor of an ultra-clear glass “lightboard” that he stands behind to draw while facing students.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Bayer MaterialScience gets a new name, Schott manufactures world’s largest glass tube, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for June 5, 2015.
Read MoreSimulations cast new light on ceramic tape casting
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg, Germany, have figured out to improve ceramic tape casting—without performing any experiments.
Read MoreDurable multilayered, multifunctional thermal barrier coatings demonstrated
Researchers from Stony Brook University’s Center for Thermal Spray Research recently reported significant advancements in the development of durable thermal barrier coatings—critical materials that enable higher turbine operating temperatures.
Read MoreTo infinity and beyond: MaterialsLab opens access to materials research in space
NASA and NIST recently joined forces to establish MaterialsLab, a new data-ridden initiative aimed to accelerate “materials development and make new discoveries using data from the hundreds of investigations on the International Space Station,” according to a NASA news release.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Scaling up graphene manufacturing, 3-D microbatteries from 2-D methods, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 3, 2015.
Read MoreStudent mixer at Cements Meeting
A student mixer will be held on Monday, July 20 at 7 p.m., for those students attending the 6th Advances…
Read MoreAmericans clean up their energy act in 2014 and reduce fossil fuel emissions
Americans rely less on fossil fuels and more on clean energy to help reduce CO2 emissions—an important shift for a more energy-efficient future. But there might be a less-obvious source of emission-free energy we’re overlooking.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Predicting magnetic behavior in metal oxides, on-demand X-rays, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 2, 2015.
Read MoreSand infographic depicts facts and figures about our most consumed natural resource
Brush up on all your sand knowledge with this great infographic from Mainland Aggregates Ltd., a U.K.-based company that supplies and delivers aggregates and products.
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