Archive for July 2013
Scientists work to develop ceramic conductors for Li-ion batteries
[Image above] Credit: MSU Making the lithium-ion batteries that power everything from hybrid and all-electric vehicles to cell phones and…
Read MoreBuilding the hydrogen economy—MCARE 2013 conference underway in China
George Wicks chats with China’s rising energy scientists at the MCARE 2013 opening reception. Credit: ACerS. This year’s Materials Challenges…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
Owens-Illinois second quarter profits were down 0.8 percent from the same period last year due mainly to a decline in…
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Desktop printing at the nano level Currently, most nanofabrication is done in multibillion-dollar centralized foundries. Now a desktop nanofabrication tool…
Read MoreDARPA develops next-gen fiber optics
[Image above] DARPA’s COUGAR hollow core optical fibers transmit light at 99.7 percent its speed in air, according to the…
Read MoreNew way to determine thermal shock behavior of ceramics
Comparison of experimental results with simulated results to determine the thermal shock behavior of ceramic materials shows excellent agreement. Credit: Wiley…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
DOE solicits FY2014 hydrogen and fuel cell proposals (pdf) The U.S. Department of Energy announced its initial Fiscal Year…
Read More‘Impossible’ material has record-breaking surface area, adsorption
Researchers from Uppsala University’s Nanotechnology and Functional Materials Division, Sweden, have developed a novel magnesium carbonate material with world record…
Read MoreCell instructive material made from titanium oxide nanotubes
[Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in Wiley Materials Views on July 3.] Highly ordered, vertically oriented titanium oxide nanotube arrays obtained…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
Iluka Resources Ltd. expects to produce more zircon this year than previously forecast, as global demand for the mineral used…
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