Posts by Lisa McDonald
Corning demonstrates glass-strength testing methods with Gorilla Glass
Credit: Corning Incorporated; YouTube Corning has a new video up showing some of its testing methods. The video is clearly…
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Read MoreICG reports on progress for pharmaceutical glass roadmap
Although there is a tendency to associate little plastic bottles with pharmaceuticals, people with severe allergies (who carry anti-anaphylactic shock…
Read MoreHot stuff: Measuring thermophysical properties at very high temperatures
There is some pretty interesting work underway on ceramic materials for ultra-high temperature applications. Service temperatures of more than 1,500°C…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: Thermodynamic glass transition in a spin glass without time-reversal symmetry (PNAS) Spin glasses are a longstanding model…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
* Libbey Glass, a glassware manufacturer, has announced that for the quarter-ended Dec. 31, 2011, sales were $214.8 million, compared…
Read MoreBBC to broadcast ‘Ceramics: How They Work’
I don’t have access to BBC channels (and I am unclear how much of the network’s programming is available online…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
This is what we are hearing: Corning buys Discovery Labware for $730M Corning Inc., an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics…
Read MoreWho is going to do the work? Workforce development for ceramic and glass industries
Workforce development is more than developing undergraduate programs. Three sessions at ICC4 will address the global, diversity and career development…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Shear delight — CWRU students win engineering prize with pothole stuffer
Credit: Noah Gostout; YouTube For those of us living in the snow-prone regions of the US, potholes are a fact…
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