Ceramic Tech Today

ICACC’13 Photoblog #3 from Daytona Beach

By / February 1, 2013

University of Maryland’s Eric Wachsman discussed the role of solid oxide fuel cells in a balanced national energy strategy to open the 10th International Symposium on SOFC: Materials, Science, and…

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Good news for touchscreen glass: Tablet device market expected to hit 72 million by 2018

By / February 1, 2013

The Kindle Fire I received last Christmas, making me a happy participant in 17-million-member trend. Credit: ACerS. If it feels like iPads, Kindle Fires, Galaxys, and similar tablet devices are…

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UIUC team wins ICACC’13 Schott shot glass drop competition

By Eileen De Guire / February 1, 2013

[flash http://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/2013_shot_glass2.flv mode=1 f={image=http://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/2013_shot_glass.jpg}] One of the highlights of the Expo each year during the ICACC conference is the Shot Glass Drop Competition sponsored by the Schott North America. The…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / February 1, 2013

Here is what we are hearing: Energy secretary resigning from Obama Cabinet (cnn.com) Energy Secretary Steven Chu will resign from President Barack Obama’s Cabinet in coming weeks, he told Energy…

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Crocodile scale formation—more materials science than biology

By / February 1, 2013

Crocodile skin sections (left) indicate that cracks correspond to epidermal bulges that reach the stiff underlying tissues. Immunohistochemistry (right) indicates increased cell proliferation (green) within the skin grooves corresponding to…

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European diesel-electric hybrids prove efficiency, savings

By / January 31, 2013

[add credit line] In mid-2011, Peugeot plans to launch the world’s first production-scale diesel-electric hybrid passenger car. According to a Peugeot press release, the company claims their 3008 HYbrid4 HYmotion4…

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Update—A123 looking for lifelines as Fisker Automotive falters

By / January 31, 2013

The future of Fisker Automotive’s luxury hybrid vehicle is unclear after DOE suspended its loan guarantee. That affects the fortunes of its vendors, including A123, supplier of the battery packs.…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / January 31, 2013

Here is what we are hearing: Osram Brilliant Mix LED concept: Universal controller simplifies electronic control The Brilliant Mix LED color mixing concept from Osram Opto Semiconductors is now even…

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Ceramic material key to U.K. bi-polar battery

By / January 31, 2013

The news of a major industrial collaboration to produce the world’s first commercially viable bi-polar lead-acid battery was announced at the opening of the UK’s first Advanced Bi-polar Battery Development…

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Diamond transistor

By / January 31, 2013

Scientists Develop World’s Smallest Diamond Transistor April 20, 2009 Scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed the world’s smallest diamond transistor. At just 50 nanometres in length the ‘gate’…

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