‘Restore science to its rightful place’
January 21st, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
A key passage from President Obama’s address For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state …
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Video of the week – Two approaches to cloaking
January 21st, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
[flash /ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/cloaking_concepts.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/cloaking_concepts.jpg}] Several research teams are actively pursuing cloaking/invisibility concepts. One of the prominent groups is at …¡Viva Aldo!
January 18th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Just learned that ACerS member and Imperial College (U.K.) professor Aldo R. Boccaccini, has been appointed to be the scientific …Who cloaked my cheese?
January 18th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Back when “Ceramic Tech Weekly” was still just a newsletter (waaay back in mid-2008), I wrote several stories (see here …Call for ceramics short-course proposals
January 15th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
The American Ceramic Society is seeking proposals from experts with the ability to develop and teach two-day (or more) short …Ceramics as alternative to conventional laser generation
January 15th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Kudos to Akio Ikesue and Yan Lin Aung for their recent article in Nature Photonics. Ikesue (bias confession: he is …Video(s) of the week – The hard and “soft” of ceramic armor
January 14th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Today’s videos are something of an introduction to ceramic armor. The first video uses the suit worn in the most …Solar refrigeration coming to off-grid areas
January 12th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
A cool idea for solar-powered cold-storage is about to make refrigeration a lot more affordable, practical and environmentally friendly in …Air Force cuts costs, boosts performance of aerospace mirrors
January 9th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Air Force researchers are investigating ways to boost the performance of aerospace mirrors, while cutting in half the cost and …Creating alternating current with piezoelectrics
January 8th, 2009 | by pwray@ceramics.org
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a micro-scale “flexible charge pump” that produces alternating current by utilizing …12