The International Centre for Diffraction Data released the names of its 2013 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship. The group says its Scholarship Committee selected thirteen recipients on a competitive basis from…
Read More“Massive open online courses” initiatives will not be confined to the West. India, via YouTube, has just launched a fairly impressive array of free, organized, undergraduate-level lectures that appear to be aimed, in…
Read MoreDuring the summer of 2012, SURF participant and MIT student Sam Evans studied the magnetic susceptibility of certain nanoparticles at low temperature. Credit: NIST. A public service announcement for NIST:…
Read MoreIn this TED talk Salman Khan says that as a hedge fund analyst it was “very strange for me to do something of social value.” Credit: TED; YouTube. About a…
Read MoreWhile manganese (blue) fills out this lithium ion battery nanoparticle evenly, nickel (green) clumps in certain regions, interfering with the material’s smooth operation. Credit: Chongmin Wang; PNNL. Lots of good…
Read MoreDid you know that the word “refractory” means “durable, stubborn?” I learned that from the outstanding video “Taming the Flame” produced by The Refractories Institute. The eight-minute video provides…
Read MoreDuane DeBastiani gave a presentation about Vesuvius and its technologies. Credit: Zhu; Vesuvius. Editor’s note: The student tour to a local ceramics business has become a favorite tradition at MS&T.…
Read MoreHave a look at what’s happening. MTC reduced, reused, recycled and reorganized their way to an 8,000 square feet expansion of production capability without increasing the building’s footprint. Credit: MTC.…
Read MoreMaterials research is getting a nice shot in the arm with Eastman Chemical Co. and North Carolina State University reaching agreement on a new six-year, $10 million multidisciplinary research project. A joint…
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