The August 2020 issue of the ACerS Bulletin—featuring data-driven methods to augment experimental methods—is now available online. Plus—USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries
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PFAS chemicals are notoriously difficult to destroy, giving them the moniker “forever” chemicals. But researchers at Rice University were recently surprised to discover that boron nitride serves as an efficient photocatalyst for degrading PFAS chemicals.
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Strategies for recycling solar panels, vulnerabilities in 3D-printed carbon-fiber composites, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 15, 2020.
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Optical isolators traditionally use single crystals to polarize light—could transparent ceramics be used instead? Researchers in Japan created high-performing transparent ceramics using lanthanide rare-earth oxides, materials previously believed to not be suited for optical applications.
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Guardian Glass launches Glass Technical Library, 9T Labs and Setforge to bring carbon fiber composite additive manufacturing to series production, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 13, 2020.
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Fast grain boundary diffusion of cations is a well understood phenomenon in metals—but much less is known about this phenomenon in oxygen-ion conducting metal oxides. Researchers at RWTH Aachen University simulated this diffusion and found that although metal ions move faster along the boundaries than in bulk, the process is not necessarily less energy intensive.
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In 2017, a report on global e-waste predicted the amount of e-waste would increase to 52.2 million metric tonnes by 2021—but we already passed 53 million metric tonnes in 2019 alone, according to a new report released this month. Learn more about why e-waste amounts are surging, why current recycling systems are not keeping up, and what can be done to combat the problem.
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5G switching gets a 2D boost, boron nitride destroys forever chemicals, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 8, 2020.
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BMW opens $17 million additive manufacturing facility, XJet announces global partnership with Straumann, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 6, 2020.
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Due to COVID-19, many sporting events were canceled or postponed this summer, leaving a lot of sports fans looking for alternative entertainment. One surprising alternative—competitive marble racing—has gained a lot of attention since April. Learn more about this recent sport and how it builds on the long history of marbles games.
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