Archive for February 2012
Mix of forces ease Chinese rare earth tensions for now
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao discussed rare earth supplies in their Feb. 2, 2012 meeting. There…
Read MoreMCARE 2012: Power and posters
The first full day of symposia and tutorials took place today. With four or five concurrent sessions, a comprehensive (or…
Read MoreCommon threads woven through MCARE plenary talks
The first full day of the Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy was dedicated to a range of plenary…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: CMOS-based carbon nanotube pass-transistor logic integrated circuits (Nature Communications) Field-effect transistors based on carbon nanotubes have been…
Read MoreForget the landfill, head for the cement factory: Ground-up waste glass improves cement properties
Adding ground waste glass to cement mixes improves its durability, according to MSU researchers. An unlikely pairing of materials that…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
Hindusthan National Glass Industries has announced plans to invest approximately Rs 2500 crore over 7-8 years on a new manufacturing…
Read MoreRelaxing before tackling energy materials challenges
Tomorrow they will get down to the business of discussing innovations in areas of solar energy, wind power, hydro, geothermal,…
Read MoreDOE’s recent energy materials meeting underlines importance of MCARE conference
Next week I will be attending the Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy conference in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing (mostly via press releases and trade publication reports): Power Plant Services chooses Lucifer Furnaces Lucifer…
Read MoreTailored piezoelectric nanostructures via “soft template infiltration”
Investigators at the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a promising new manufacturing process to form piezoelectrically active ferroelectric nanotubes,…
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