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By Lisa McDonald / February 21, 2024

Dual-energy harvesting device, true one-way glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 21, 2024.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / February 23, 2022

Possible paradigm shift within piezoelectricity, counter scientific misinformation, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 23, 2022.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / November 18, 2020

New family of quasiparticles, glass that combines organic and inorganic components, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 18, 2020.

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Video: Launch into testing—Lamborghini sends carbon fiber samples to International Space Station

By Lisa McDonald / November 6, 2019

On November 2, Lamborghini sent carbon fiber composite samples to the International Space Station to test the effects of extreme space conditions on composite materials. The project is part of a collaboration with the Houston Methodist Research Institute to research biocompatibility of composite materials.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week

By Lisa McDonald / November 1, 2019

Corning announces FDA approval of Valor Glass, Penn Chemistry to establish Center for Sustainable Separations of Metals, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 1, 2019.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Faye Oney / June 13, 2018

A new technique that uses computational neural networks to “learn” how a nanoparticle’s structure affects its behavior, unusual properties of bismuth that can be harnessed to help the environment, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 13, 2018.

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How does glass form? MDI research team set to get some answers on International Space Station

By Eileen De Guire / August 15, 2016

In a recent paper, Materials Development Inc. (Arlington Heights, Ill.) approached the problem of topological constraint theory from a different theoretical angle—the team wanted to see whether approaching structure from the theoretical perspective of the thermodynamic model of ideal associated solutions could describe temperature-dependent structure changes.

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Special whisky glass designed for out-of-this-world cocktails

By Stephanie Liverani / September 11, 2015

One day, space tourism will be a reality for the lucky few who can afford the journey. And when that day comes, a celebratory cocktail will be in order. So the makers of Ballantine Scotch are funding the development of the perfect open-topped cup for drinking whisky in microgravity.

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To infinity and beyond: MaterialsLab opens access to materials research in space

By April Gocha / June 3, 2015

NASA and NIST recently joined forces to establish MaterialsLab, a new data-ridden initiative aimed to accelerate “materials development and make new discoveries using data from the hundreds of investigations on the International Space Station,” according to a NASA news release.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / April 22, 2015

Californium’s new trick, liquid crystal bubbles in space, poison dart frogs inspire plane deicers, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 22, 2015.

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