Posts by Lisa McDonald
Fraunhofer IWM molded chalcogenide glass approach delivers low-cost infrared lenses
If you watched the Olympics over the past few weeks, one of the recurring advertisements was for a luxury car…
Read MoreUnderstanding the ‘between’ spaces: Interfacial phases and solid-state sintering
The August issue of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society includes a special section on sintering comprising papers from…
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Lots of interesting work happening out there: Making “renewable” viable: Drexel engineers develop new technology for grid-level electrical energy storage…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
• Asahi Glass posted a 5 percent decrease in sales for H1 2012, down by ¥30.4 billion as a result of…
Read More3D-printed bioactive glass–ceramic delivers more stability during sintering
Authors of an new Early View story on the website of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society report about…
Read MoreUSPTO issues flurry of new rules to implement ‘America Invents Act’
US patent law is transforming as a result of the passage of the America Invents Act. The US Patent and…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: Trek Inc. strategic partnership with M4 Sciences enables ultraprecision machining Trek Inc., a designer and…
Read MoreFacing diminishing capital, losses and 53% revenue drop, A123 takes lifeline from Chinese auto parts maker
Most all of us in the ceramics field, to greater and lesser extents, have been rooting for A123 Systems to…
Read MoreOptical fibers and optimal sails
As mentioned in the previous post about Corning’s production of optical fibers, the fibers are most often associated with telecommunications…
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Check ’em out: Five years after I-35 collapse, big leap in bridge sensors (Futurity) Five years after the deadly I-35W…
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