Posts by Lisa McDonald
Under pressure: A rare glimpse into borosilicate glass transition
Scientists at the University of California, Davis have caught the first-ever glimpse of a borosilicate glass transition under pressure, a finding that may help unlock some of glass’s secrets.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreAAA battery-powered water splitter generates clean hydrogen for a clean future
A group of researchers from Stanford is leading a new charge—their simple water splitter only needs a AAA battery and skips the precious metal catalysts present in other splitters, making a cheaper device that shows promise for making a hydrogen future all the more possible.
Read MoreOld tires find new purpose by helping build better anode for Li-ion batteries
The recycled rubber we so readily discard—some 290 million tires each year—could someday provide electricity to our electric vehicles or store solar or wind energy.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Ceramics and glass business news of the week for September 5, 2014.
Read MoreBill proposes incentives to overhaul, strengthen engineering programs at US universities
What are lawmakers in Washington doing to ensure that manufacturing remains a focus of economic recovery and revitalization? For one, they’re backing a bipartisan bill that helps strengthen engineering programs at learning institutions across the nation to meet the growing demands—and challenges—of manufacturing in the 21st century.
Read MoreInspired by the beetles: Nature’s entomological secrets reveal key to whiter whites
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy are coloring the world of white materials with a discovery that shows just how Cyphochilus beetles achieve such super white shells.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Other materials stories that may be of interest for September 3, 2014.
Read MoreTotally transparent concentrator offers a clear view of the power of solar
A team from Michigan State University has developed a new luminescent solar concentrator that offers greater efficiency with complete transparency.
Read MoreCorrosion wars: C2D2 inspects and detects concrete wear
A team of researchers at ETH Zürich has tailored a previously designed robot that can walk walls and ceilings—and originally designed to do some fancy filming for Disney—to inspect bridges for corrosion.
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