On Sept. 7, 2022, Canadian mining startup The Metals Company announced the International Seabed Authority greenlit their plan to conduct an industrial seafloor mining trial to extract polymetallic nodules. While marine scientists are concerned about the environmental effects of deep-sea mining in general, an investigative report by The New York Times questions the choice of The Metals Company to conduct this trial.
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Ceramics improve MRIs, 3D printing on Mars, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 14, 2022.
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On Aug. 25, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released new policy guidance recommending that publications and their supporting data resulting from federally funded research be made immediately free and accessible to the public without an embargo period starting Jan. 1, 2026. To better contextualize this decision and the response by scholarly publishers, this CTT provides a brief history of the evolution of scholarly publishing and the push for open access.
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Wolfspeed selects North Carolina for world’s largest silicon carbide materials facility, Forglass partners with Mexican machinery supplier to expand into Central America, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for September 12, 2022.
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Alumina spinel castables play an important role in the steel industry as lining for the ladle sidewalls and bottom. A new review paper published in International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology provides a detailed overview of these castables, including how various parameters affect their properties and performance.
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The inclusion of students with visual impairments in chemistry courses requires explicit and systematic effort. Researchers led by Baylor University explored creating lithophanes featuring data found in the chemical sciences to make scientific data accessible to everyone regardless of eyesight level.
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Hydrogel glass saves energy, superconducting bulk magnesium diboride, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 7, 2022.
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Ceramics Expo 2022, which occurred in-person this year from August 30–31, welcomed dozens of exhibitors and hundreds of attendees to Cleveland, Ohio. Learn about what took place during the two-day event.
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Micron to invest $15 billion in new Idaho semiconductor fabrication plant, Japanese fab manufacturer Renesas acquires India’s fabless Steradian, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for September 5, 2022.
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Structural color is a more durable and less hazardous alternative to conventional pigments, but the angle-dependence of the color limits its broader application in synthetic systems. Researchers at ETH Zurich proposed a 3D printing process to create complex-shaped objects with angle-independent “isotropic” structural color generated from photonic colloidal glasses.
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