Posts by Lisa McDonald
LED jacket offers cyclists turn-signaling safety swag
Bike rides could be brighter and safer, thanks to an LED jacket that helps cyclists signal and be seen.
Read MoreGet outta my dreams, get into my futuristic Chevy FNR concept car
According to a GM press release, Chevrolet’s new FNR concept car “boasts a futuristic capsule design”—which may be the biggest understatement we’ve ever heard.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Kyocera builds floating solar plants, Corning collaborates for OLEDs, GE to see capital assets, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for April 24, 2015.
Read MoreMIT celebrates contributions of ceramics, glass, and W. David Kingery with lab reopening
MIT’s materials science and engineering department celebrates the reopening of the W. David Kingery Ceramics and Glass Laboratory (nee MIT Glass Lab). According to an MIT news release, the renovation not only adds more space but new equipment, increased safety features, and improved ventilation systems.
Read MoreACerS forms new Manufacturing Division to meet the needs of the global ceramics and glass industry
WESTERVILLE, OHIO—The American Ceramic Society (ACerS)—the premier global membership organization for the technical ceramics and glass community—has formed a Manufacturing…
Read MoreMagnesium two-steps lithium ions for better batteries
Research from the University of Illinois at Chicago shows that magnesium ions—with two positive charges—can replace single-charge lithium ions in future batteries.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Californium’s new trick, liquid crystal bubbles in space, poison dart frogs inspire plane deicers, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 22, 2015.
Read MoreIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s clay?—Clay captures carbon ‘just as effectively’ as more costly materials
According to research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, clay stands poised to save the world from environmental evils (a.k.a. greenhouses gases) and gets the job done “just as effectively as other materials.”
Read MoreRadioactive ceramics: Unearthing rare earths reveals heavy environmental impact of today’s tech
A group of architects, designers, writers, reporters, and thinkers called the Unknown Fields Division have traveled the world and are now pulling back the curtain to show the toxic story lurking behind rare earth production.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
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