Scientists work to develop ceramic conductors for Li-ion batteries
July 31st, 2013 | by Jim Destefani
Making the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from hybrid and all-electric vehicles to cell phones and other mobile electronic devices …
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Building the hydrogen economy—MCARE 2013 conference underway in China
July 30th, 2013 | by Eileen De Guire
George Wicks chats with China’s rising energy scientists at the MCARE 2013 opening reception. Credit: ACerS. This year’s Materials …
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
July 30th, 2013 | by Jim Destefani
Owens-Illinois second quarter profits were down 0.8 percent from the same period last year due mainly to a decline …
Other materials stories that may be of interest
July 30th, 2013 | by Jim Destefani
Desktop printing at the nano level Currently, most nanofabrication is done in multibillion-dollar centralized foundries. Now a desktop nanofabrication …
DARPA develops next-gen fiber optics
July 30th, 2013 | by Jim Destefani
DARPA’s COUGAR hollow core optical fibers transmit light at 99.7 percent its speed in air, according to the agency. Credit: …
New way to determine thermal shock behavior of ceramics
July 29th, 2013 | by Martin Grolms
Comparison of experimental results with simulated results to determine the thermal shock behavior of ceramic materials shows excellent agreement. Credit: Wiley …
Friday funny from the past
July 26th, 2013 | by Jim Destefani
Is a predisposition toward certain behaviors or occupations part of nature or nurture? That’s a question still being debated by …
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
July 25th, 2013 | by Jim Destefani
DOE solicits FY2014 hydrogen and fuel cell proposals (pdf) The U.S. Department of Energy announced its initial Fiscal Year …
‘Impossible’ material has record-breaking surface area, adsorption
July 24th, 2013 | by Jim Destefani
Researchers from Uppsala University’s Nanotechnology and Functional Materials Division, Sweden, have developed a novel magnesium carbonate material with world record …
Cell instructive material made from titanium oxide nanotubes
July 23rd, 2013 | by Martin Grolms
[Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in Wiley Materials Views on July 3.] Highly ordered, vertically oriented titanium oxide nanotube arrays …