Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Clad to meet you: MesoCoat’s metal cladding plant in Euclid is first step in…
Read MoreIndia travelogue—Warm welcome greets ACerS staffer, but monkeys offer scolding
L.K. Sharma (Joint Secretary of InCerS and Scientist-in-Charge of India’s Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute), second from left, greeted…
Read MoreDOD calls for proactive spending cuts to deal with fallout from ongoing FY’13 budget woes
[Image above] The peaceful exterior of the Capitol building belies the contentious budget battles within that Congress faces in the…
Read MoreNew Critical Materials Hub to take broad approach to rare earths, other strategic materials
Credit: Ames National Laboratory; YouTube The launch of the DOE’s $120 million Critical Materials Institute (nee “Hub”), the fifth energy…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
[Image above] Boltzmann distribution illustrated with balls distributed on a hilly landscape. At positive temperatures (left), as they are common…
Read MoreSelf-oscillating gels, DARPA worms and spontaneous self-aggregation
Credit: Harvard University; YouTube This has little to do with ceramics or glass—but everything to do with the biggest “What…
Read MoreICG, Wiley offer primer on bio-glasses
The International Commission on Glass and Wiley are offering a relatively new book that is meant to serve as an…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• A report by Visiongain indicates that the global glass packaging market will reach a value of $36.8 billion in…
Read MoreCeramics and the $148 billion ethylene industry
[Image above] Dow Chemical production plant in Freeport, Texas. The company plans to build an new ethylene production plant in…
Read MoreVideo: Lilliputian debuts SOFC for your iPhone, other electronics
Credit: PC Perspective; YouTube At $299 this is pretty pricey, however, I think the Nectar Mobile Power System, based on…
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