Posts by Lisa McDonald
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreNikon’s nonstick coating keeps camera glass safe from moisture, grit, and grime
Nikon Japan has released a set of lenses with a fluorine coating that keeps moisture, markers, and more from ruining a good time.
Read MoreCorning Glass Research Summit nucleates game plan for glass science research
Corning Inc. execs are worried about the future. Facing a $30 billion global technical glass market, they see a mismatch between the pipeline of new glass researchers and the pipeline of opportunity for engineered glass products.
Last week the company held a Glass Research Summit to proactively work the problem.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Ceramics and glass business news of the week for June 20, 2014.
Read MoreVideo: Catching carbon dioxide—new material helps contain greenhouse gas release from natural gas wellheads
A new material developed by scientists at Rice University may help ease some of the burdens behind natural gas preparation by replacing current costly and energy-intensive techniques to isolate natural gas from contaminating carbon dioxide gases from natural gas wells.
Read MoreResearchers uncover oh-so-private Pantelleria’s ‘island of glass’ past
Thanks to a “ground-breaking” study of volcanic activity on the isle by a team at the University of Leicester (UK), mostly private Pantelleria is being thrust into the international scientific spotlight.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Other materials stories that may be of interest for June 18, 2014.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
Read MoreFunding for DOE’s science research, programs would remain flat under House spending plan
Last week, the House Appropriations Committee presented the fiscal year 2015 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill that keeps funding for the Department of Energy’s programs and research flat.
Read MoreBeer begets better bones: Bioceramics from beer brewing waste may be the key to bone replacements
Researchers from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, in collaboration with Mahou and Createch Co., have pioneered a new bone biomaterial from an unlikely source—beer brewing waste.
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