Posts by Lisa McDonald
Splitting water to bottle the sun: Storing solar energy from perovskite-powered photolysis
By combining a pair of perovskite solar cells with an electrolyzer, a team of researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne has figured out how to split hydrogen from water and store it using solely the sun’s energy.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreWorld’s first 3D-printed car takes successful test spin
Local Motors, with help from Cincinnati Incorporated, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and AMT – The Association for Manufacturing Technology, unveiled the world’s first 3D-printed car at September’s International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago.
Read MoreYour last dose of MS&T14: Material Advantage Mug Drop and Disc Golf Contests—with video
They came to win, we came to cover the fun. Photos and videos from the 2014 Material Advantage Mug Drop and Ceramic Disc Golf Contests, organized by Keramos.
Read MoreData mining for materials made easier? Talk about 21st century gold
NSF is banking on faster materials development through data mining with a $250,000 award to computer science professor Junzhou Huang to help design “scalable algorithms and a computational framework that can search unprecedented volumes of data detailing the complete set of genes present in numerous materials.”
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Gorilla Glass grabs BMW award, Guardian expanding production, Panasonic at the Tesla gigafactory, semiconductor industry simplification, and other ceramics and glass business news of the week for October 17, 2014.
Read MoreDLMs, Fellows, and a materials who-who: Days 2 and 3 at MS&T14
Our photoblog provides a glimpse of the action at MS&T14, including the annual awards banquet, honoring the achievements of our members in service to society and the Society, as well as some fierce ceramics competition in the exhibit hall.
Read MoreScientific glassblowing—Part science, part art, all awesome
Ceramics and glass, perhaps more than any other material, have a happy home in the blurry area between art and science. And perhaps smack in the center of that group is scientific glassblowing—part science, part art, and all awesome.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Acoustic imaging for cracks, greener cement, DIY device printing, rediscovered ultrahigh temperature ceramics, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 15, 2014.
Read MorePeople, plenaries, and prizes: Days 1 and 2 at MS&T14
Whether you’re amidst the action or looking to see what you’re missing, check out the latest from MS&T14 in Pittsburgh, Pa. with these snapshots of all the action.
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