Other materials

Infrared LEDs and retro-reflective materials make for invisibility glasses that give facial recognition the slip

By Jessica McMathis / March 12, 2015

For those who want to give cameras and facial recognition technology the slip, anti-virus software company AVG has developed a pair of invisibility glasses designed to protect your visual identity online.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / March 11, 2015

Ceramic matrix composites take on jet engine, high-temperature superconductivity advances, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 11, 2015.

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Ceramics Expo 2015

Ceramics Expo exhibitor spotlight: Mo-Sci Corporation

By Jessica McMathis / March 11, 2015

Over the next weeks, we’ll preview a handful of the 150-plus manufacturers and suppliers who have signed on for the first Ceramics Expo. Today, we turn the pre-show spotlight to Mo-Sci Corporation.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / March 4, 2015

Detecting thin film defects, aluminum supeatoms superconduct, extracting lithium from China’s coal, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 4, 2015.

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Ceramics Expo 2015

Ceramics Expo exhibitor spotlight: Morgan Advanced Materials

By Jessica McMathis / March 3, 2015

Over the next weeks leading up the expo and conference, we will preview a handful of the 150-plus manufacturers and suppliers who have signed on for the first Ceramics Expo. Today, we turn the pre-show spotlight to Morgan Advanced Materials.

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Materials research and research centers get leg up from NSF funding

By Jessica McMathis / March 2, 2015

Thanks to a multi-million-dollar infusion of funding from the National Science Foundation, materials and materials research centers are having one of their best months ever.

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Glass-nanosphere-coated clothing repels flashbulbs and would-be photobombs

By Jessica McMathis / February 26, 2015

Whether you’re unphotogenic, camera-shy, or just prefer to stay “off the grid,” a new line of glass-nanosphere-coated reflective clothing might someday be your saving grace.

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Telescopic contact lenses and wink-controlled eyeglasses that magnify ‘on demand’ could aid the visually impaired

By Jessica McMathis / February 25, 2015

Researchers at Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne have developed a telescopic contact lens and wink-controlled smart glasses that could bring better, stronger sight to the visually impaired.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / February 25, 2015

Developing stronger steel, world’s strongest material, rare earth assessment, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 25, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / February 24, 2015

Making molybdenum disulfide, shrimp shell solar cells, Mars’ minerals, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 24, 2015.

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