Archive for January 2015
ICACC 2015 Daytona Beach scrapbook
A trip to Daytona Beach, Fla. practically demands a scrapbook—a resort town much of the year, in January it is home to the International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites organized by ACerS Engineering Ceramics Division.
Read MoreStressed, brittle, and reactive—Crushing clinker at its hottest provides energy and emissions savings
An improved process that increases cement manufacturing’s efficiency while reducing spent energy could be key in reducing emissions even further, say Rice University researchers.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
China Ceramics offers green tiles, IPS Ceramics names new director, sanitaryware market growing, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for January 30, 2015.
Read MorePhosphate-rich salmon sperm could prove key to greener, cheaper recycling of rare earths
A team of Japanese researchers has discovered that the sperm of salmon could effectively replace the more costly and less environmentally friendly methods used to recover rare-earth elements from electronic and magnetic waste.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Charge ordering in cuprates, glass science workshop, graphene advances, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 28, 2015.
Read MoreVideo: Corning ushers in The Glass Age by busting some myths, Part II
Mythbusters’ stars Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage sing glass’s praises in Part II of Corning’s “The Glass Age” video series.
Read MoreThe skinny from 39th ICACC in Daytona Beach, where we learn how fat makes knees
More than 1,100 scientists and engineers have escaped winter’s wrath and converged on Daytona Beach, Fla. for the 39th edition of the International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. Couldn’t make it? Eileen recaps the first half of the warm-weather meeting.
Read MoreEMA 2015 finishes with failure, in the best way possible
It’s a wrap: ACerS Electronic Materials and Applications 2015 closed the book on its sixth successful meeting in Orlando last week. Click through for April’s final report (again, with photos!) from Florida.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreSun and science: ACerS EMA 2015 starts with a buzz, and we have the photos to prove it
April reports from ACerS Electronic Materials and Applications 2015 meeting happening this week in Orlando, Fl. Couldn’t make it? Click through for her recap (with photos!) from the first half of the conference.
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