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Video: Quality control gone wild: Schott blasts and pummels its fire-rated glass ceramics to ensure your safety

By April Gocha / July 17, 2014

Schott’s line of fire-rated glass ceramics, Pyran Platinum, are put through an intense battery of tests to ensure that the material holds up to extremely hot temperatures and rapid temperature changes—all to ensure your safety in a burning building.

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By April Gocha / July 16, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for July 16, 2014.

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The heat is on: Thermochromic paint warns when materials get too hot

By April Gocha / July 15, 2014

Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have stirred up a new thermochromic paint formulation that could give an early warning signal that equipment may malfunction, explore, or overheat.

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By April Gocha / July 8, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for July 9, 2014.

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Self-folding silicon nanostructures mock Venus flytraps to catch single cells

By April Gocha / July 8, 2014

Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have manufactured self-folding, biocompatible, silicon nanostructures—that can capture single live cells in solution.

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Video: The explosive science behind fireworks will blow you away

By April Gocha / July 4, 2014

Just in time for America’s Independence Day celebration, the American Chemical Society’s Reaction video series turns to pyrotechnic expert John A. Conkling to explain the science behind fireworks.

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By April Gocha / July 2, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for July 2, 2014.

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‘Google for materials’—How ORNL’s new imaging institute will change materials research

By Jessica McMathis / July 1, 2014

Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently announced the launch of the Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, which will unite experts in imaging instrumentation, fundamentals in physical and chemical imaging processes, and data analytics.

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By April Gocha / June 25, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for June 25, 2014.

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By April Gocha / June 17, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for June 18, 2014.

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