Posts by Lisa McDonald
The band gap, but not The Gap Band, is engineering complex oxide materials of the future
ACerS member James Rondinelli, a materials science and engineering professor at Northwestern University, and his research group are studying how to adjust the electronic band gap in complex oxides by simply adjusting a material’s properties, rather than its overall composition.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Comic book thesis, bacteria-powered fuel cells, advanced materials for protective gear, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 4, 2015.
Read MoreInternational Year of Light puts spotlight on optics, photonics, and sustainable development
The United Nations declared 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies—a global initiative to spread awareness of the ways optical technologies promote sustainability and address growing global challenges concerning energy, health, and more.
Read More‘Everyday Miracles’ puts materials science on TV with scientist Mark Miodownik
In the new BBC TV show “Everyday Miracles,” host and materials scientist Mark Miodownik “reveals the amazing stories behind everyday objects of desire and how they are miraculously transformed from raw materials into the very stuff of the modern world.”
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreForm and function: Decorative and flexible OPV panels make solar power pretty
Could solar panels someday be a thing of beauty in both form and function? Thanks to the work of scientists at VTT Technical Research Centre (Finland), we can finally have our solar energy and use it as a design element, too.
Read MoreICACC 2015 Daytona Beach scrapbook
A trip to Daytona Beach, Fla. practically demands a scrapbook—a resort town much of the year, in January it is home to the International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites organized by ACerS Engineering Ceramics Division.
Read MoreStressed, brittle, and reactive—Crushing clinker at its hottest provides energy and emissions savings
An improved process that increases cement manufacturing’s efficiency while reducing spent energy could be key in reducing emissions even further, say Rice University researchers.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
China Ceramics offers green tiles, IPS Ceramics names new director, sanitaryware market growing, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for January 30, 2015.
Read MorePhosphate-rich salmon sperm could prove key to greener, cheaper recycling of rare earths
A team of Japanese researchers has discovered that the sperm of salmon could effectively replace the more costly and less environmentally friendly methods used to recover rare-earth elements from electronic and magnetic waste.
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