Posts by Lisa McDonald
Cements Division presents awards at recent meeting
The ACerS Cements Division recently concluded their 5th Advances in Cement-based Materials meeting at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN.…
Read MoreACerS/Wiley Download Direct program: Try it out!
Have you tried the ACerS/Wiley Download Direct program? ACerS’ publishing partner Wiley has made 500 journal articles per month from…
Read MoreApple who? Kyocera changes the conversation with talk of its own sapphire screen
Apple isn’t the only kid on the sapphire block—this time around, it’s Kyocera who’s making waves with talk of its own sapphire-screened smartphone.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Other materials stories that may be of interest for July 23, 2014.
Read MoreStudent-designed catalytic converter “greens” up your lawnmower for little green
A group of students from the University of California, Riverside is hoping to make yard work more eco-friendly with the development of a simple add-on contraption that can remove 93 percent of pollutants from gas lawnmower exhaust.
Read MoreBubble wrap for more than packing and popping: Bubbles as mobile, self-contained laboratories
George M. Whitesides and his team at Harvard have developed a potential new healthcare tool that is incredibly simple, cheap, and functional—bubble wrap as mobile laboratory storage vials.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
Read MoreNew ‘sensing skin’ provides early warning for cracks in concrete
It’s not the Sixth Sense, Spidey sense, or even common sense, but a new “sensing skin” technology could change the way we’re able to respond to critical (and dangerous) cracks in concrete.
Read MoreMaking glass from food waste—and more great stories—in the August ACerS Bulletin, now online
The August issue of the ACerS Bulletin—featuring stories about making glass from food waste, aluminum nitride powder synthesis, processing maps for flash sintering, the annual raw minerals report, and more—is now online.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Ceramics and glass business news of the week for July 18, 2014.
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