Posts by Lisa McDonald
Self-arching concrete bridge spans new lengths
Engineers at Queen’s University Belfast (Northern Ireland) have developed—and will soon install—the world’s longest self-arching bridge.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreCorning developing scratch-resistant glass that rivals sapphire
According to accounts from Corning Incorporated’s annual investors meeting in New York City late last week, the glass giant is developing a scratch-resistant glass that rivals the strength of sapphire.
Read MoreGlass electrodes to shatter the lithium-ion battery world
Researchers at ETH Zurich are among the many who are looking for new materials to make better batteries to meet tomorrow’s energy needs. Unlike others, however, their new candidate threatens to shatter the competition.
Read MoreSolar-powered plane plots route for round-the-world flight
The Solar Impulse 2 is the “first solar airplane to fly through the night, between two continents, and across the United States,” but will it make it ‘round the world?
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Raytheon acquires drones, Asahi solar receives awards, Corning nabs NovaSol, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for February 6, 2015.
Read MoreThe 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.”
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