Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Keeping a ‘heat work’ check on technical ceramics processes British’s Mantec Technical Ceramics, owner of the Bullers brand, has introduced high…
Read MoreMaking a better invisibility cloak
[Image above] Graduate student, Nathan Landry, seen holding his invisibility cloak made of fiberglass and copper strips. Credit: Duke University.…
Read More‘Cloning’ could make structurally pure nanotubes for nanoelectronics
[Image above] In this computer model, small, pre-selected nanotube “seeds” (yellow) are grown to long nanotubes of the same twist…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• Asahi Glass Co. has decided to shut down AGC Glass North America’s Kingsport Plant in Tennessee in order to…
Read MoreNew techniques stretch carbon nanotubes, make stronger composites
[Image above] Researchers used a rotating spool to create ribbon-like composite materials that have a high percentage of carbon nanotubes,…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Some surprising materials being used in interesting ways. Nanocrystals and nickel catalyst substantially improve light-based hydrogen production Hydrogen is an…
Read MoreUltrathin rust films trap sunlight for splitting water
[Image above] A photograph of ultrathin film α-Fe2O3 photoanodes in action. Credit: Rothschild; Technion If you think about it, water…
Read MoreArun Varshneya recounts mentor’s influence in Cooper Lecture
Serendipity was smiling on Arun Varshneya when he met Al Cooper in 1965. As Varshneya recounts during the Cooper Distinguished Lecture he delivered at the MS&T’12 conference, the two met when Cooper was taking a sabbatical year at Sheffield University (United Kingdom) where Varshneya was nearing the end of his undergraduate studies.
Read MoreReview of NREL’s Open Energy Info website
NREL’s Open Energy Info website is an interactive website with a wiki-like feature, apps and datasets. Credit: NREL/OpenEI; YouTube. In…
Read MoreSalman Khan on his disruptive approach to education—TED talk video; Tech Review interview
In this TED talk Salman Khan says that as a hedge fund analyst it was “very strange for me to…
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