Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ohio Creativity Trail: Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion
This month’s featured site on the Ohio Creativity Trail is the Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art. This site houses more than 5,000 works of glass spanning from ancient Egypt to the present day.
Read MoreVolunteer spotlight: Prannoy Suraneni
We feature Prannoy Suraneni in this month’s edition of ACerS Volunteer Spotlight. He has served numerous leadership roles in the Cements Division.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week for July 13, 2026
China establishes VLEO alliance as satellites demonstrate sustained low-orbit operations, AMRICC launches the Advanced Ceramics Ecosystem Map, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 13, 2026.
Read MoreMore than a cat in a box: Schrödinger’s side quest to map color
After more than a century, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory found the missing puzzle piece to complete Schrödinger’s color model. This breakthrough gives visualization science a way to ensure that what we see on a screen mirrors the data underneath.
Read MoreACerS seeks candidates for editors of Journal of the American Ceramic Society
The American Ceramic Society is seeking candidates to fill several editor positions for Journal of the American Ceramic Society.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest for July 8, 2026
Graphene can hold multiple states of superconductivity, origins of defect peaks, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 8, 2026.
Read MoreReplacing CAC: A review of colloidal binders for monolithic refractories
In a recent review paper, two researchers from the Refractory and Traditional Ceramics Division of the CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute in India investigate the potential of different colloidal binders to replace calcium aluminate cement in monolithic refractories.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week for July 6, 2026
Sweden grants 25-year concession to heavy rare earth deposit, Trump’s push for new nuclear reactors reaches the finish line, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 6, 2026.
Read MoreSynthetic summer sites: Some Scottish beaches highly mixed with human-made materials
Scotland is known for some world-class beaches, but University of Glasgow researchers found that human activity has encroached on some of these once-pristine areas more than expected.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest for July 1, 2026
Scientists reveal 80-atom boron buckyball, crystal strategy enhances zero-thermal-expansion materials, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 1, 2026.
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