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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / January 28, 2015

Charge ordering in cuprates, glass science workshop, graphene advances, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 28, 2015.

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Faster simulation, award for new method

By / July 15, 2012

This is a simulation model of a automobile wheel, generated with Dominik Schillinger’s new method. Credit: TUM. (Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress…

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United States launching materials ‘genome’ project

By Eileen De Guire / June 30, 2011

I Steel rebar embedded in concrete (left) and “nanorebar” made of carbon nanofibers. Credit: F. Sanchez, Vanderbilt University; ACerS Bulletin. President Obama announced the launch of a Materials Genome Initiative…

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To infinitesimal and beyond – an electron structure explanation of supercapacitance

By Eileen De Guire / June 24, 2011

Computational modeling of carbon supercapacitors with the effects of surface curvature included. Credit: Jingsong Huang, ORNL A fair number of recent posts have been about nanostructured porous materials (PCCMs, diamond…

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