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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 15, 2024

By Lisa McDonald / April 15, 2024

EU establishes strategic partnership with Uzbekistan on critical raw materials, U.S. glass manufacturers invited to decarbonization workshop, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 15, 2024.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 27, 2023

By Lisa McDonald / November 27, 2023

World’s first space lab on earth to be built near Ohio State airport, European Commission approves Italy’s incentive scheme for agrivoltaics, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 27, 2023.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for June 19, 2023

By Lisa McDonald / June 19, 2023

Construction work begins on Croatia’s first agrisolar power plant, Materials Processing Institute launches three-year hydrogen research agreement, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for June 19, 2023.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 27, 2023

By Lisa McDonald / March 27, 2023

U.S. and Indonesia announce partnership on SMRs, U.S. Treasury to release EV battery sourcing rules, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for March 27, 2023.

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Ceramic and glass business news of the week for December 19, 2022

By Lisa McDonald / December 19, 2022

Saint-Gobain launches glass circular economy program, HarbisonWalker International announces acquisition by Platinum Equity, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for December 19, 2022.

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Video: European Commission proposes single standard charger for many electronic devices

By Lisa McDonald / September 29, 2021

Ever since some major phone producers pledged to harmonize chargers for data-enabled mobile phones in 2009, most chargers are now based on USB ports and connectors. Now, the European Commission is proposing legislation that would require USB Type C be the standard port for all smartphones and many other electronic devices.

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And the winners are … graphene and brains!

By Eileen De Guire / January 29, 2013

The European Union is backing graphene and brains with the award of two enormous research projects. Credit: EC. Peter called it. Last week he told us about hints that the…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By P. Carlo Ratto / November 20, 2012

• A new way to make glass has been discovered by a collaboration of researchers at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Bristol using a method that controls how the atoms…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / October 1, 2012

You probably already know there is some really interesting stuff going on in the materials field. Here is some of the latest: Project aims to convert waste into construction materials…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By / October 11, 2011

Check ’em out: US firm uses solar power to recover oil reserves A new technology to increase oil production is being tested on one of US’s oldest oil fields in…

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