Posts by Lisa McDonald
News from the glass and refractory worlds
Owens-Illinois has reported second quarter net sales of $1.766 billion in 2012, down from $1.959 billion in the prior year…
Read MoreWhite House releases report on advanced manufacturing initiatives
A new report issued from the White House proposes 16 actions to improve manufacturing and innovation. The New York Times…
Read MoreSunshields and semiconductors: ceramic and fabrics weaving new applications and markets
Many of the same materials used in semiconductor processing are being applied to textile materials. The notion of ceramics going…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Prematech Advanced Ceramics adds technical and marketing strength with hiring of Bruce Gretz PremaTech…
Read MoreNSF professional development workshop for assistant professors and postdocs
If you are an assistant professor or postdoctoral associate with research experience, you may want to set aside a few…
Read MoreHigh critical current density doped pnictide superconductors
When high-temperature superconducting oxides were discovered in the mid-1980s, it was thought that they would revolutionize electric power delivery. They…
Read MoreMicrowaving of hydroxyapatite, ZrO2 combo yields promising strong bone graft scaffold
A group of Korean researchers at Soonchunhyang University who have been working on developing various types of a bone-like scaffolds…
Read MoreBack to the heavens: Sally Ride, 1951–2012
Sally Ride changed the world for women in STEM careers forever when she was selected to be the first female…
Read MoreOther materials science stories that may be of interest
Take a break and take a look: China cuts rare earth mining rights by half to aid consolidation (Bloomberg/Businessweek) –…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
• Ardagh Group is to buy (from Wayzata Investment Partners) US-based Anchor Glass Container Corp. for $880 million. The deal…
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