This timeline of discovery of superconducting materials shows how dramatic the discovery of high-Tc YBCO was. Credit: Wikipedia. Do you recall where you were the weekend before the Super Bowl…
Read MoreHere is what we are hearing: Spanish ceramic tile manufacturers are, once again, the largest presence at the trade fair February 7-10 are the dates for the 30th edition of…
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The Materials Genome Initiative is a multi-stakeholder effort to develop an infrastructure that will accelerate materials discovery and deployment. President Barack Obama unveiled the MGI in July 2011 as a…
Read MoreNew papers that have been accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society are posted to “Early View” on the Wiley website and can be read even…
Read More[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/IonMass.flv w=400 h=225 mode=0 f={image=https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/ionmass.jpg&screencolor=0xFFFFFF}] Animation showing how time of flight secondary ion spectrometry works. Credit: ION-TOF, GmbH Surfaces are of critical importance in materials systems and devices. One…
Read MoreRagone plots are useful for comparing electrochemical energy storage devices. The energy and power densities in this plot are weight-based. However, converting to a volume-based plot reveals the difficulties in…
Read MoreCheck ’em out: Ultralight metallic microlattices A team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world’s lightest material—with a density of…
Read MoreThese scotch whisky packages look genuine, but are the bottle’s contents authentic? A new Raman spectroscopy method can identify fakes quickly and accurately. Credit: Wikepedia; Creative Commons license. Product counterfeiting…
Read MoreI Pyreheliometers are pointed toward the sun for their yearly calibrationat NREL. Accurate measurement of solar energy is needed for due diligence of photovoltaic installations. Credit: NREL. If you have…
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