Jessica McMathis

Report: Push for clean energy may impair America’s ability to reduce carbon emissions

By Jessica McMathis / May 5, 2014

New data suggests that America’s efforts to make its energy cleaner and greener are actually impeding its ability to reduce harmful carbon emissions.

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ACerS–NIST upgraded Phase Equilibria Diagrams DVD boasts new software, new diagrams, new tools!

By Jessica McMathis / May 2, 2014

The new release of the ACerS–NIST Phase Equilibria Diagrams, Version 4.0, now available on DVD!

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Video: Retro-reflective coating makes bike bright at night

By Jessica McMathis / May 1, 2014

A bike that lights up sans on/off switch or batteries is set to keep cyclists safe during in-the-dark treks.

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USA Science & Engineering Festival a stunning success—and ACerS was there!

By Jessica McMathis / April 30, 2014

ACerS participated in the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival let week that attracted 325,000 attendees.

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All natural A/C: Cold Pot combines clay and cooling power of evaporation to change water to cold air

By Jessica McMathis / April 30, 2014

The Cold Pot, created by Swiss designer Thibault Faverie, is an all-natural air conditioner that combines clay and the cooling power of evaporation to change water to circulating cold air.

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Americans use more energy in 2013, but increase reliance on renewables, nuclear

By Jessica McMathis / April 29, 2014

Are Americans the gas-guzzling-SUV-loving, non-renewable-resource-powering people we’ve been pegged to be?

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Survey: Americans mostly cool with science, so long as it doesn’t mess with grandma

By Jessica McMathis / April 26, 2014

Pew Research Center, in partnership with Smithsonian Magazine, asked Americans what they think about science, and their answers—which range from optimistic to downright dismal—may shock (or entertain) you.

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Ceramics Expo 2015: Five things you need to know

By Jessica McMathis / April 23, 2014

As founding partner of Ceramics Expo (April 28–30, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio), ACerS is, in the words of Emeril Lagasse, “kicking it up a notch.”

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It’s getting hot in here: Flexible glass-fabric thermoelectric generator converts body heat to electric energy

By Jessica McMathis / April 23, 2014

A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed an “extremely light and flexible” glass fabric-based thermoelectric (TE) generator that not only moves with you, but harnesses heat from the human body while doing so.

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To tweet or retreat? Survey shows researchers aren’t tapping in to social media’s powers of dissemination

By Jessica McMathis / April 22, 2014

A new paper by a Michigan State University (MSU) researcher suggests that university scholars have all-but-ignored social networks in distributing scientific findings and connecting with their tweet-happy, tech-savvy students.

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