Glasses to compensate for colorblindness

Glass research helps colorblind people see true colors for the first time

Metallic glasses in phones?  Finally a (real) application for these materials?

Apple might use metallic glass alloys on back panel in next iPhones

Video: Beer drinkers preserve sandy beaches 200 grams at a time

Inside the Far-out Glass Lab

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603464/inside-the-far-out-glass-lab/

How cool is this!

Saved by glass: Tardigrades use biological vitrification to survive complete desiccation

Our new paper was features in a WSU news post, and was also picked up on a number of external sites.  Congratulations Jamie and all the team!

Researchers find new clues for nuclear waste cleanup

Better late than never (only a few months late)!  The NOME group welcomes new graduate student Emily Nienhuis and new Post-doctoral associate Jason Lonergan.  Welcome folks!

Saehwa Chong and José Marcial published proceedings from the Waste Management 2016 conference, held in March in Phoenix, Arizona.

1. J. Marcial, J. Kabel, M. Saleh, Y. Shaharyar, A. Goel, J. McCloy, “Effect of B on Crystallization of Li and Na aluminosilicates,” Proc. Waste Management WM2016, 16323 (2016). https://www.xcdsystem.com/wmsym/2016/pdfs/16323.pdf
2. S. Chong, J. Peterson, B. Riley, and J. McCloy, “Hydrothermal Synthesis and Analysis of Iodine-Containing Sodalite,” Proc. Waste Management WM2016, 16153 (2016). https://www.xcdsystem.com/wmsym/2016/pdfs/16153.pdf

Dr. Patil joined our group in April, coming from University of Pardubice, Czech Republic.

Yue Cao, Ke Xu, José Marcial, and Saehwa Chong all passed their preliminary exams for the Materials Science & Engineering Program this semester.  Great job!