Posts by Lisa McDonald
Good morning. Ah, a wormhole is still causing havoc in Houston
[Image above] Credit: Melanie Innis. With all the focus on the search for the Higgs boson and dark matter, it…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
• Nippon Sheet Glass is to make capacity cuts in Europe and in the US. One of its two float…
Read MoreZeolites’ porosity, surface area and catalytic abilities leveraged for diverse applications
Zeolite pellets are being used by Fraunhofer researchers in a new high-efficiency thermal energy storage system. This is totally an…
Read MoreOlympic marathon course comes down to NIST calibration
Years of preparation go into the Olympics. What we see is the preparation payoff for the athletes, but behind the…
Read MoreFriday fun video—Harry Potter theme music played on wine glasses
Harry Potter movie theme music played on water-filled wine glasses. For this, you need glass—metals and polymers just don’t have…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Kyocera modules begin operating at 2.1 MW ‘SoftBank Kyoto Solar Park’ Kyocera Corp. announced…
Read MoreHow to knit silicon carbide fibers
Textile structures made from silicon carbide fibers are very interesting for manufacturing of fiber reinforced high temperature resistant ceramic matrix…
Read MoreOther materials science stories that may be of interest
Take a look: Metastable material: Study shows availability of hydrogen controls chemical structure of graphene oxide A new study shows…
Read MoreJACerS impact factor increases for third consecutive year
Thomson Reuters has released its annual report on journal impact factors, and the news for The American Ceramic Society continues…
Read MoreLatest edition of ACerS–NIST phase equilibria diagrams database loaded with new entries, diagrams
If you work in ceramic science and engineering, you probably know that phase diagrams are a must-have reference material.…
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