Ceramic Tech Today

Will the brain power behind PowerPots sink or swim in the Shark Tank?

By Jessica McMathis / April 10, 2014

Shelve your Friday night plans—or, at the very least, set your DVR—the guys from Power Practical are making their way to the “Shark Tank.”

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Ceramics Gordon Conference announced for July 20–25

By Eileen De Guire / April 9, 2014

The next installment of the long-running Gordon Research Conference on “Solid State Studies in Ceramics,” organized by Monika Backhaus, will be July 20–25, 2014, at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.

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Get ready for your two-minute talk in the Capital City—submit an abstract for Bioceramics 2014 today!

By April Gocha / April 9, 2014

Innovations in Biomedical Materials: Focus on Ceramics 2014 is coming to the Capital City this summer–some great plenary sessions and panel discussions are already lined up, plus the conference is featuring a new Rapid-Fire Presentation session. Apply today!

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Concrete-sleeved caissons shore up new NYC skyscrapers that ‘barely touch the ground’

By Jessica McMathis / April 9, 2014

By 2018, Manhattan’s iconic skyline will morph once again, with the addition of mixed-use skyscrapers—the largest private real-estate development in US history—that “barely touch the ground.”

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By P. Carlo Ratto / April 8, 2014

° Slovenian manufacturer Steklarna Hrastnik will invest €8 million in a container line upgrade, according to a company press release. The installation of the new B-furnace is scheduled for August…

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Roll tide: Powder injection molding powers generator that pulls tidal energy

By Jessica McMathis / April 8, 2014

A team of scientists from Spain’s Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) is working with European researchers to develop a tidal energy generator that’s not only less costly but also more efficient.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest (with video)

By April Gocha / April 8, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest on April 8, 2014.

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Hard knock life: Marine mollusks inspire stronger ceramics

By April Gocha / April 7, 2014

New research uses inspiration from the ocean to improve ceramics, making them stronger by controlling their microstructure and mimicking that of marine mollusks.

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“Ode to ceramics”: Mazda’s concept car is eye-catching and edgy, but not-so-much ceramic

By Jessica McMathis / April 6, 2014

The Mazda6 Ceramic Concept car boasts a matte-white paint job with stately silver stripes that is less ceramic, and more “ode to ceramic.”

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Video: Rethinking cement clinker—Progress and perspectives in alkali-activated materials

By Eileen De Guire / April 4, 2014

Geopolymer-type cements could substitute for clinker-based cements, if they prove durable enough.

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