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The rocky road back to ‘Live’: Impact of the pandemic from a trade show perspective
During the early winter months of 2020, we here in the small city of Brighton on the south coast of the United Kingdom watched with increasing interest and, gradually, concern, the speed at which something called “coronavirus” grew in significance. By late February, we saw an undeniable shift in the…
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Preparing for contingencies helped companies grow during the pandemic
No one could have predicted a global pandemic. But a crisis? Those happen, in varying degrees, on a regular basis. Companies that were prepared for the next crisis not only survived the last year but, in some cases, found new opportunities, and even grew. They did so against the odds…
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Materials Genome Initiative 10 years later: An interview with James Warren
In June 2011, President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy released a white paper called “Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness” that got the attention of the materials science community.1 The goal of the MGI was to reduce the time for materials development-to-deployment by 50%, or about 10…
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Student Perspectives 2021
Student Perspectives Kimberly Gliebe: “Embracing growth when experiments stall” Nathaniel Olson: “Building confidence when facing the uncertainty of switching fields” Iva Milisavljevic: “Finding jobs and traveling as an international student in the US” Riley Winters: “The two-body problem: Planning a career when married” Elisa Zanchi: “Harnessing the potential energy of…
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US continues exploring ways to reduce reliance on critical minerals amid COVID-19 pandemic
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic majorly affected industries around the world, the United States government continued researching ways to reduce reliance on foreign sources for critical minerals, as described in the annual United States Geological Survey Mineral Commodity Summaries report.1 The Mineral Commodity Summaries spotlights the events, trends, and issues…
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From landfill to raw material: Obtaining high-quality recycled cullet to avoid glass manufacturing problems
Recycled glass over the years has evolved from waste to a sustainable raw material for the glass manufacturing industry. In many areas, recycled glass is the main component of the batch entering the melter. The increased use of recycled glass introduced a variety of new quality and process challenges, not…
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A global semiconductor shortage highlights a troubling trend: A small and shrinking number of the world’s computer chips are made in the US
President Joe Biden’s executive order calling for a review of supply chains for critical products1 put a spotlight on the decades-long decline in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing capacity. Semiconductors are the logic and memory chips used in computers, phones, vehicles, and appliances. The U.S. share of global semiconductor fabrication is only…
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Growing demand for electronics…and ceramic components
When people outside the industry think of ceramics, they most likely do not think of electronics. But in fact, ceramics are an important component in many of the electronics used today. The size of the global electronics ceramics market is expected to reach almost $16 billion by 2026,1 driven by…
