Ceramic Tech Today

STEM’s leaking diversity pipeline: Four solutions to stem the flow

By Jessica McMathis / July 14, 2014

Given the amount of time spent talking about ways to better recruit and retain minorities and women in the STEM fields—what do “we” have to show for it? According to a new paper in BioScience, not much.

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Durable, water-loving ceramic coating combats condensation, cleans up glass

By Jessica McMathis / July 11, 2014

Scientists at Singapore’s A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) have developed a “durable and permanent” ceramic coating that is not only transparent but superhydrophillic.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By April Gocha / July 11, 2014

Ceramics and glass business news of the week for July 11, 2014.

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Video: ‘Twice as fast, at half the cost’—Where is the Materials Genome Initiative at today?

By April Gocha / July 10, 2014

Three years out from the launch of the Materials Genome Initiative, things are looking pretty bright thanks to millions of dollars in funding from the White House to propel advancements in advanced materials and spur American manufacturing.

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My grandson and the Innovations in Biomedical Materials conference

By Eileen De Guire / July 9, 2014

Eileen’s grandson is likely to have better medical options than his older relatives, and might even avoid the “blessings from the ancestors” altogether, thanks to tremendous advances in the healthcare field.

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Audi to lightweight its vehicles with glass fiber-reinforced suspension springs

By April Gocha / July 9, 2014

Audi recently announced its own lightweighting strategy to put some of its models on a diet that will trim almost 10 pounds, from a perhaps unlikely source.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / July 8, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for July 9, 2014.

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Self-folding silicon nanostructures mock Venus flytraps to catch single cells

By April Gocha / July 8, 2014

Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have manufactured self-folding, biocompatible, silicon nanostructures—that can capture single live cells in solution.

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By P. Carlo Ratto / July 7, 2014

News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.

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Titanium dioxide-coated roof tiles clean the air—and have the data to prove it

By Jessica McMathis / July 7, 2014

Students from the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have developed a roof tile coating that combats nitrogen oxides by breaking them down and eliminating them to reduce pollution and smog.

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