ACerS is pleased to announce Scott J. McCormack has been selected for Volunteer Spotlight, a program that recognizes a member who demonstrates outstanding service to The American Ceramic Society through…
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Volcano monitoring at Mount Etna, glass learns to illuminate itself, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 6, 2022.
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New synthetic tooth enamel, 3D print clay on a polymer FDM printer, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 16, 2022.
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The Hall-Petch relation describes how a ceramic becomes harder as its grains become smaller. But when the grains become small enough, the relation begins to break down. Luis Sotelo Martin and Ricardo Castro of the University of California, Davis, showed that adding extra aluminum to zinc aluminate can extend the Hall-Petch relation.
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Many questions remain about the impacts of solar parks on the environment. Researchers led by Lancaster University in the United Kingdom found that solar parks appear to have a cooling effect on the surrounding land surface.
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Solar parks can cool surrounding land, smuggling light through opaque materials, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 13, 2021.
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The realism and popularity of superheroes present a great opportunity to teach science through a fun and engaging lens. UC Davis associate professor Ricardo Castro uses superheroes to inspire learning in both the classroom and laboratory, including through a new initiative called Engineering Superheroes.
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Nontoxic carbon nanodots, concrete recycling, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 10, 2021.
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Single atoms as a catalyst, new graphene nanochannel water filters, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 27, 2021.
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Crumpled graphene makes ultra-sensitive cancer DNA detector, superconductivity in meteorites, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 1, 2020.
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