Fluoride improves perovskite stability, salt batteries store heat, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 15, 2019.
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ZEISS develops first multifunctional smart glass, study offers complete picture of lithium-ion battery performance, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for February 8, 2019.
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Preventing lithium-ion batteries from bursting into flame, 4-D printing for ceramics, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 29, 2018.
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The continuing trend for electronics is to pack more power into a smaller device that requires less energy input. Two significant materials research advances—one published in Nature and one published in Science—are moving precisely in that direction.
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The Materials Project—a public database of materials property data launched in 2011—just released another massive chunk of data, complete with user-friendly tools to explore and analyze that data.
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A team of researchers from Shanghai Jiaotong University and Tongji University in China and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in Calif. has developed a technique for producing bioglass scaffolds that alone can successfully repair large defects in load-bearing bones.
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According to a news release, two reports—Utility Scale Solar and Tracking the Sun—from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory show that solar costs substantially less than it did in recent years.
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The Department of Energy is fast-tracking the “scientific breakthroughs needed to build the 21st-century energy economy” by awarding $100 million to the country’s Energy Frontier Research Centers.
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Blurred lines—Art, science converge in identification of rare iron oxide in ancient Chinese ceramics
An international team of researchers have identified a rare iron oxide in ancient Chinese pottery, which could be critical in developing improved and inexpensive magnets for electronics.
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Google’s vice president of energy believes the work of scientists and engineers will be key in finding solutions to global energy challenges.
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