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A cheaper, lighter, more efficient antenna

By / February 7, 2011

Credit: Penn State Isn’t there a law or something that prohibits using metamaterials for something other than invisibility cloaks?* According to Douglas H. Werner, professor of electrical engineering at Penn…

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Pantano to discuss the art-science interface of glass March 26

By / February 3, 2010

I received some additional information about Carlo Pantano’s presentation on “The Art of Science of Glass” that will be held at 12 noon, March 26, 2010 at Penn State University.…

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Could low-cost superatomic materials replace costlier elements?

By / January 20, 2010

Based on the insights they are gaining from spectroscopic analysis of superatoms, a group out of Penn State thinks it might be possible to manipulate these materials to find low-cost…

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Video of the week: Pantano links the art and science of glass

By / January 20, 2010

  ACerS member Carlo Pantano, director of the Materials Research Institute, and Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State University, is a nationally known expert on the…

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Gary Messing: Substituting ceramics for single crystals

By / July 17, 2009

How do you sinter material to perfection to make it as transparent as window glass . . . or a single crystal?

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ACerS Members Featured in NY Times Glass-Strength Story

By / July 13, 2009

The New York Times has discovered materials science! The newspaper recently published a nice story on the scientific advancements being made to strengthen glass for the ever expanding use of…

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NSF funds Lehigh/Penn State outreach to Tuskegee University

By / December 26, 2008

To encourage more African-Americans to adopt science and engineering careers, the NSF-funded International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass at Lehigh University is commencing an outreach program at Tuskegee…

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