Submit your abstract for Science and Technology of Glasses, Glass Ceramics, and Optical Materials at PACC-FMAs
Science and Technology of Glasses, Glass Ceramics, and Optical Materials: Submit your abstract before Jan. 15, 2020! Pan American Ceramics Congress and Ferroelectrics Meeting of Americas (PACC-FMAs 2020), July 19–23, 2020 Is your research focused on advanced structural characterizations of glasses, glass transition and relaxation, integrated optical systems, and other related applications of glass and […]
Video: 3D-printed homes for those in need
For the housing sector, 2020 is poised to be a good year. Sales of new homes are expected to rise to a 13-year high of 750,000, and sales of existing homes likely will increase 3.7% to 5.56 million, according to Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, in a HousingWire article. Although […]
A stimulating discovery: Bioactive glasses show promise in muscle regeneration
Prior to the 1970s, the goal of biomaterials was to replace, not repair, diseased or damaged tissues. But when Larry Hench discovered bioactive glass in 1969, that mindset changed—now, tissue regeneration and repair is the goal. Bioactive glass is routinely used to regenerate and repair bone and hard tissues, and research on using bioactive glass […]