By Wendy Hankle

The problem with the supply of rare earths isn’t how much there is - it’s how to get your hands on it.

By Peter Wray

The Bulletin’s annual look at supplies, demands and pricing trends for key raw materials for ceramics and glass..

By Peter Wray

It was in 1910 that the specialty alumina business began with the first sale of alumina for non-metals application.

By Andrea Muller
Writing a grant proposal, especially your first grant proposal, can be a daunting task. But if you spend time to plan out your project, it’s not as overwhelming as you may think.

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• 50 R&D Awards given to national labs
• Sintering nuclear fuel pellets contract to Harper International
• Cal Tech, LBL, Stanford and UC Berkeley, Dan Diego and Santa Barbara get $122M for artificial photosynthesis
• U.S. advanced battery market share to leap to 40 percent by 2015?
• ABET annual meeting and conference scheduled

• Bradt presents glass and refractories seminars at Monton Universitat, Austria
• Ivor Jenkins Medal for Boccaccini
• New biomaterials processing title edited by Narayan

• ACerS 2010-2011 officers & board members
• Ceramic Tech Today mobile version now available
• New ACerS Career Center coming - now with free job postings
• First call for 2011 award nominations
• Entries invited for 2010 Basic Science Division’s Ceramographic Competition
• Senior, Emeritus members eligible for MS&T’10 discount
• PACRIM9 call for papers
• Short courses offered at MS&T’10
• Free MS&T’10 registration for Distinguished Life Members

• Nanoscale field-effect transistors developed to probe cells
• New high-resolution nanolithography method to allow the rapid prototyping of electronics
• Nano growth forecast $26B by 2015
• Polymer, bioceramic and carbon nanotubes combined for bone scaffold

• Titanium dioxide used to reduce NOx levels in cement tile, road pavement
• Sandia, Sunpower cooperate on PV-to-grid modeling and tool development
• Solar-assisted electric car charging stations break ground in Tennessee

• AES Energy Storage scores $17.1M loan guarantee for grid-scale A123 batteries
• DOE brings Secretary of Energy Advisory Board back to life
• Volt to sell for $41K, lease for $350 a month

• Better voltaics throught titania
• Mesoporous silica honeycomb carries antibodies, kills tumors
• Swiss group unveils ultrathin, transparent and flexible ceramic foils

by Chris Dosch and David Shahin

Ceramic Leadership Summit: Students see it as ‘exciting departure from norm’

by Michael Greenman and Louis Mattos Jr.

Usable Glass Strength Coalition - Moving to action!