Archive for January 2009
‘Restore science to its rightful place’
A key passage from President Obama’s address For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of…
Read More¡Viva Aldo!
Just learned that ACerS member and Imperial College (U.K.) professor Aldo R. Boccaccini, has been appointed to be the scientific…
Read MoreWho cloaked my cheese?
The newest cloak is 20″ × 4″ x< 1″ made of 10,000+ individual pieces (6,000 are unique) in parallel rows.…
Read MoreCall for ceramics short-course proposals
The American Ceramic Society is seeking proposals from experts with the ability to develop and teach two-day (or more) short…
Read MoreCeramics as alternative to conventional laser generation
Kudos to Akio Ikesue and Yan Lin Aung for their recent article in Nature Photonics. Ikesue (bias confession: he is…
Read MoreSolar refrigeration coming to off-grid areas
A cool idea for solar-powered cold-storage is about to make refrigeration a lot more affordable, practical and environmentally friendly in…
Read MoreAir Force cuts costs, boosts performance of aerospace mirrors
Air Force researchers are investigating ways to boost the performance of aerospace mirrors, while cutting in half the cost and…
Read MoreCreating alternating current with piezoelectrics
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a micro-scale “flexible charge pump” that produces alternating current by utilizing…
Read MoreMinkowski-Abraham debate gains momentum
Although it sounds like the fight my spouse and I have about what happened to the blankets last night, an…
Read MoreOutgoing PCAST report raises many questions
One has to critically read (if not read between the lines) a report written to the incoming President’s Council of…
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