Posts by Lisa McDonald
MesoCoat to break ground on cermet cladding and coating manufacturing plant
If Andrew Sherman, CEO of MesoCoat Inc. were channeling Mark Twain, he might offer his own interpretation of the humorist’s…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news from this week
Here’s what we are hearing (from press releases): Upgraded universal borescope from Schoelly Imaging offers modular advantage Schoelly Imaging Inc. announces…
Read MoreLeaking water infrastructure is $20B annual market, according to Lux, and growing
At ACerS’ 2010 Ceramic Leadership Summit, one Lux Research analyst implored the materials research and business community to pay attention…
Read MoreFreedonia: Demand for refractories to rise over 5% annually through 2014
The Freedonia Group, a market research firm, says that the market for refractory products generally will enjoy strong, steady growth…
Read MoreAlfred U. to target leadership development with new E-LEAD scholarships for engineering students
Using $570,000 in NSF seed money, Alfred University’s Inamori School of Engineering and the school’s Division of Student Affairs are launching…
Read MorePerovskite-based tunable superlens developed
The DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Ramamoorthy Ramesh are in the news again. A new release from the Berkeley Lab announces a…
Read MoreBioactive cement plaster: Bioengineering in action
For some time, it has been common to use enzymes as a biocatalyst. When the enzymes required are difficult or…
Read MoreVideos of the week: Concentrix’s concentrating photovoltaic technology
Last week I posted about a utility-scale concentrating photovoltaic being built in the San Diego–Imperial Valley area using CPV units…
Read MoreMaterials stories that may also be of interest
Check them out: Role of parallel reformable bonds in the self-healing of cross-linked nanogel particles (also, Nanomaterials with give survive)…
Read MoreAnother step towards practical superinsulation? Cabot launches new aerogel additives for coatings
In my mind, the holy grail for thermal insulation is a practical (i.e, inexpensive and easy to use) product that…
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