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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 20, 2023

By Lisa McDonald / November 20, 2023

Mercedes-Benz fast-charging network cleared for takeoff, America Makes announces winners of IMPACT project call, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 20, 2023.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 3, 2023

By Lisa McDonald / April 3, 2023

NIST research reactor to restart following two-year shutdown, New York governor announces $2.5 million to support glass waste reduction research, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 3, 2023.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 22, 2023

Sustainable plastics upcycling, stronger concrete, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 22, 2023.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 20, 2023

By Lisa McDonald / March 20, 2023

SCHOTT launches production of amber pharma glass in India, BIA celebrates 2022 Brick in Architecture Award winners, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 20, 2023.

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Ultrafast high-temperature sintering offers rapid, pressureless production of high-quality glasses

By Lisa McDonald / September 16, 2022

In 2020, researchers led by the University of Maryland developed an ultrafast high-temperature sintering method to achieve rapid, pressureless sintering of ceramics. Now, they and colleagues from Alfred University and the University of California, San Diego used this method to fabricate high-quality silica glass.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 17, 2022

Recycle energy in discarded batteries, MXene counters mercury contamination, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 17, 2022.

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3D fabrication of transparent optical ceramics by lithography-based digital projection

By Lisa McDonald / November 23, 2021

To meet the industry’s growing demand for customized manufacturing, researchers are increasingly interested in processing transparent ceramics using additive manufacturing. Guangran Zhang and Yiquan Wu of Alfred University demonstrated how highly transparent yttrium aluminum garnet ceramics could be fabricated via a lithography-based digital projection method.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for January 25, 2021

By Lisa McDonald / January 25, 2021

Lynas signs deal with U.S. for light rare earths separation plant, Calderys and China Steel enter into refractory improvement partnership, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for January 25, 2021.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 16, 2020

By Lisa McDonald / November 16, 2020

SINTX and Iwatani Group to develop antipathogenic surfaces, French consortium to mobilize €1 billion for agrivoltaic projects, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 16, 2020.

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Transparent ceramic materials may make self-driving vehicles faster and safer

By Lisa McDonald / April 21, 2020

For self-driving vehicles to become a common reality, the laser surveying system LiDAR must be improved. Researchers from Alfred University developed a transparent ceramic that could prove to be an ideal lasing material for LiDAR.

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