Posts by Lisa McDonald
Glass cockpit aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft sets the course for future space travel
The Orion spacecraft, once ready for its human companions, will eventually be equipped with a glass cockpit control system, according to NASA.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreElectric cars powered by supercapacitor-packed body panels could become roadway reality within five years
A team at Queensland University of Technology and Rice University has developed a high-capacity film that’s thin enough to be placed in the panels of your car and provide enough juice to recharge an EV battery in minutes.
Read More3D printing active electronics for eyes that emit LED light beams
Using additive manufacturing—aka 3D printing—Princeton University researchers have printed LED lights directly into a hard contact lens to prove that active electronics of varied materials can be printed into complex shapes.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
CoorsTek to acquire Japanese ceramics manufacturer, Purdue and GE form advanced manufacturing collaboration, prices to increase for raw materials, ceramic proppant plant to close, and other ceramics and glass business news of the week for December 12, 2014.
Read MoreBuilding stronger, taller towers of clean energy with high-strength concrete technology
The Department of Energy has awarded Iowa State University researchers with a $1-million grant for their high-strength concrete technology that has the potential to revolutionize the production of wind energy.
Read MoreUK’s Imperial College builds global advanced ceramics industry–university consortium
The concept behind the five-year, £5.5 million Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics at Imperial College, London, was to provide “roots” of support while the Centre established itself and built a consortium of “wings” comprising industry members and universities.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Solar reaches 40% efficiency, X-ray diffraction on Mars, carbon nanotubule de-icing systems, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 10, 2014.
Read MoreBlu-ray binaries provide the blueprint for better solar cells
Northwestern University researchers have discovered that Blu-ray discs are not only a boost to one’s Saturday evening plans, but also to how solar cells can absorb light.
Read MoreNano-nails give surfaces superrepellent superpowers against all liquids
A couple of University of California, Los Angeles researchers have devised a patterned surface that resembles a bed of nails and is superrepellent against all liquid assaults—a true superomniphobic surface.
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