Boeing’s 787 making its debut in Europe at the Farnborough Airshow in England in 2010. The ICC4 Aerospace track focuses on opportunities for advanced engineered ceramics in new aircraft systems.…
Read MoreNew American Aerogel reusable insulation pack. Credit: American Aerogel. Here is what we are hearing: Ceralink opens new materials testing facility specializing in services for ceramic matrix composites Ceralink Inc.…
Read MoreSeveral times last week when participants in the MCARE meeting were looking at and test-driving the Chevy Volt, the question came up, “What happens to electric vehicle batteries when they…
Read MoreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao discussed rare earth supplies in their Feb. 2, 2012 meeting. Credit Xinhua; Xie Huanchi. There have been long-standing and well-known strains between…
Read MoreThe MCARE meeting, Feb. 26-March 1, will bring private sector, government and academic stakeholders together to discuss materials challenges in energy. Credit: ACerS. Next week I will be attending the…
Read MoreThree years ago, Ceramitec 2009 attracted about 15,000 visitors connected with all aspects of industries that use or manufacture ceramic materials. Three years later, Ceramitec 2012 organizers are planning for…
Read MoreHere’s what we are hearing (mostly via press releases and trade publication reports): Power Plant Services chooses Lucifer Furnaces Lucifer Furnaces Inc. recently delivered a single chamber bench model box…
Read MoreBerkeley Lab researchers synthesized a molecule that mimics catalytically active triangular molybdenum disulfide edge-sites. The result is an entire layer of catalytically active material. Molybdenum atoms are shown as green,…
Read MoreFrom left, David Bem, Athanasios Konstandopoulos and Gary Calabrese. As ICC4 president Katherine Faber noted last week in her video invitation to the July 15-19 event in Chicago, the congress is designed…
Read MoreSamples of decorative glass bottles made by PacificGlas. Credit: PacificGlas. It has been announced that PacificGlas will commission a new electric furnace and two production lines in June 2013, at…
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