Invisible Connections acquired by concrete giant Terwa, Kazakhstan declassifies Soviet maps of rare metal fields in a bid to attract new investors, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for July 1, 2024.
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Plastic deformation of polycrystalline ceramics at room temperature is hindered by the lack of sufficient independent slip systems within the material’s structure. Researchers in Germany circumvented this limitation by focusing on deformation in the near-surface region, which demonstrates several useful dislocation mechanisms not available in the bulk region.
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Ohio-based artist and businesswoman Fran Taylor played a major role in midcentury barware culture, and the recent revival of her business by a Lancaster-based couple aims to honor and promote her trailblazing legacy.
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Largest nonlinear photonic crystal, high-entropy tungsten capacitors, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 26, 2024.
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Glass recycling rates have stagnated at approximately 30% in the United States. This CTT discusses some steps that can be taken to help keep glass from going to waste.
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Silica Networks acquires InterNexa’s telecom assets to feed network expansion, Vietnam and Russia discuss nuclear energy collaboration, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for June 24, 2024.
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The ongoing war in Ukraine is driving tile manufacturers to look for alternative sources of clay for tile manufacturing. In a recent open-access paper, researchers from Spain and Türkiye investigated the potential of clay sourced from the Afyon region of Türkiye as a possible alternative to Ukrainian clay for white tile manufacturing.
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Death from train collisions is the second-highest cause of unnatural elephant deaths in India. Austria-based information provider Sensonic contracted with Indian Railways to deploy a fiber-optic-based elephant detection and alert system along the railway’s East Coast network.
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Shark-inspired nozzle design, self-assembling glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 19, 2024.
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The shape of a solar cell can greatly affect its light absorption efficiency. Abdullah Gül University assistant professor Dooyoung Hah recently investigated the potential of hemispherical, or “dome,” shaped cells to improve the performance of organic photovoltaics.
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