Posts by Lisa McDonald
Video: Quality control gone wild: Schott blasts and pummels its fire-rated glass ceramics to ensure your safety
Schott’s line of fire-rated glass ceramics, Pyran Platinum, are put through an intense battery of tests to ensure that the material holds up to extremely hot temperatures and rapid temperature changes—all to ensure your safety in a burning building.
Read MorePeace, love, and electrospinning?
Peace, love, and electrospinning? San Francisco, a city known for its infamous Summer of Love, will play host to Electrospin 2014, August 4–7.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Other materials stories that may be of interest for July 16, 2014.
Read MoreNew manufacturing method paves the way for production of ‘soft machines,’ robots
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new manufacturing technique that will help make the commercial production of machines made of elastic materials and liquid metals more practical.
Read MoreThe heat is on: Thermochromic paint warns when materials get too hot
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have stirred up a new thermochromic paint formulation that could give an early warning signal that equipment may malfunction, explore, or overheat.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
Read MoreSTEM’s leaking diversity pipeline: Four solutions to stem the flow
Given the amount of time spent talking about ways to better recruit and retain minorities and women in the STEM fields—what do “we” have to show for it? According to a new paper in BioScience, not much.
Read MoreDurable, water-loving ceramic coating combats condensation, cleans up glass
Scientists at Singapore’s A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) have developed a “durable and permanent” ceramic coating that is not only transparent but superhydrophillic.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Ceramics and glass business news of the week for July 11, 2014.
Read MoreVideo: ‘Twice as fast, at half the cost’—Where is the Materials Genome Initiative at today?
Three years out from the launch of the Materials Genome Initiative, things are looking pretty bright thanks to millions of dollars in funding from the White House to propel advancements in advanced materials and spur American manufacturing.
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