Lisa McDonald

Ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 18, 2024

By Lisa McDonald / March 18, 2024

Australia and Vietnam upgrade relations to talk on critical minerals, Lucideon training courses back for 2024, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 18, 2024.

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Finnish startup scales sand battery technology to the next level

By Lisa McDonald / March 15, 2024

Finnish startup Polar Night Energy, which developed and installed its first commercial-scale “sand battery” energy storage system in 2022, is now collaborating with Finnish district heating company Loviisan Lämpö to build an industrial-scale sand battery system in Pornainen, Finland.

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Video: 2023 Brick in Architecture Awards showcase the best of brick design

By Lisa McDonald / March 13, 2024

Since 1989, the Brick Industry Association has sponsored the Brick in Architecture Awards to recognize exceptional uses of clay brick in architecture. The 44 global winners for the 2023 awards include entries spanning the United States, Canada, China, and Mexico, plus the first-ever winner in Russia.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 13, 2024

Healable cathode, flexible nanodiamonds, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 13, 2024.

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First-in-human clinical trial suggests minimal health risks of inhaling graphene oxide

By Lisa McDonald / March 12, 2024

As nanomaterials become more commonly used in industry, their potential impacts on human health need to be properly assessed. Researchers led by the Universities of Edinburgh and Manchester in the United Kingdom conducted the first-in-human clinical trial on inhaled graphene oxide nanosheets.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 11, 2024

By Lisa McDonald / March 11, 2024

Innolume expands quantum dot laser diode production, Bloom Energy and Shell to investigate large-scale hydrogen projects, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 11, 2024.

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Video: Inside traditional ceramic industries of the early 20th century

By Lisa McDonald / March 6, 2024

Recognizing the impact of ceramic products on society can be difficult due to the ceramic industry’s somewhat hidden nature. But two recent projects are helping bring the history of traditional ceramic industries to light through glass slides and laser-engraved bricks.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 6, 2024

Fire-resistant sodium battery, environmentally friendly quantum dots, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 6, 2024.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 4, 2024

By Lisa McDonald / March 4, 2024

Chip giant TSMC opens first Japan factory, Clemson University leads nuclear consortium, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 4, 2024.

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Twisted-layer structure allows bulk boron nitride ceramics to plastically deform

By Lisa McDonald / March 1, 2024

Successful plastic deformation of nitride ceramics has to date been limited to samples on the micro and nanoscale. Now, researchers from Yanshan University in China achieved plastic deformation in a bulk boron nitride ceramic by modifying its layered van der Waals structure.

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