Posts by Lisa McDonald
‘Google for materials’—How ORNL’s new imaging institute will change materials research
Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently announced the launch of the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, which will unite experts in imaging instrumentation, fundamentals in physical and chemical imaging processes, and data analytics.
Read MoreGorilla Glass is getting an upgrade, and so is your smartphone—to genius status
Scientists at Corning Inc. and Polytechnique Montreal in Canada have debuted a new technology that will undoubtedly put see-through sensors right into the glass of your soon-to-be-smarter smartphone.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreWill a superelastic battery that can stretch up to 600 percent someday power our pants?
Researchers at China’s Fudan University have developed an incredibly elastic lithium-ion battery that can be stretched up to 600 percent.
Read MoreBuilding stronger, lighter ceramic microstructures sans the diffraction limit
Researchers from MIT and LLNL have busted the diffraction limit to development a new class of materials with unprecedented high strength and low density.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
ORNL launches imaging institute, Corning supplies NASA, construction jobs are up, Samena considers RAK liquidation, and Morgan Advanced Materials finds its niche.
Read MoreACerS President works out MOU with Brazilian Ceramic Society—Updated
Strengthening ties between The American Ceramic Society and ceramic societies of the Americas was a priority David Green set when he assumed the presidency of the Society.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Other materials stories that may be of interest for June 25, 2014.
Read MoreDOE accelerates energy research with $100 million in funding
The Department of Energy is fast-tracking the “scientific breakthroughs needed to build the 21st-century energy economy” by awarding $100 million to the country’s Energy Frontier Research Centers.
Read MoreExpanding horizons of varistors in electronics: From transistors to sensors
[Editor’s note: This report comes to us from R.K. Pandey, PhD, Professor at Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State…
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