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ACerS PCSA produces video to recruit the next generation of Society leaders

By Jessica McMathis / March 23, 2015

Attracting, inspiring, and training the next generation of ceramic and glass professionals starts with getting students engaged. At ACerS, that means getting students involved with the Society on the local, national, and international levels early and often.

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By P. Carlo Ratto / March 16, 2015

News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.

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Fluid choreography: Simple food coloring droplets do complex dance between science and beauty

By April Gocha / March 13, 2015

Stanford University researchers have solved the science behind an incredible yet simple phenomenon—food coloring droplets, when plopped onto a clean glass slide, move and dance as if they’re alive.

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Ceramics Expo 2015

Ceramics Expo exhibitor spotlight: Mo-Sci Corporation

By Jessica McMathis / March 11, 2015

Over the next weeks, we’ll preview a handful of the 150-plus manufacturers and suppliers who have signed on for the first Ceramics Expo. Today, we turn the pre-show spotlight to Mo-Sci Corporation.

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By P. Carlo Ratto / March 9, 2015

News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.

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Volcanic lightning zaps ash into glass

By April Gocha / March 9, 2015

New research from an international team of scientists suggests that natural glass spheres are born during another natural phenomenon—volcanic lightning.

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Long-term measurements of ultrastable glass flow cut short with new process

By April Gocha / March 4, 2015

Researchers from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain), University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy), and Politecnico Milano (Italy) have devised a technique to rapidly manufacture “old” glass—a process that would otherwise take millennia—and have generated results that suggest current glass theories might need revision.

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By P. Carlo Ratto / March 2, 2015

News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.

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Glass-nanosphere-coated clothing repels flashbulbs and would-be photobombs

By Jessica McMathis / February 26, 2015

Whether you’re unphotogenic, camera-shy, or just prefer to stay “off the grid,” a new line of glass-nanosphere-coated reflective clothing might someday be your saving grace.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By April Gocha / February 20, 2015

Inside Fuyao’s new glass factory, Samsung’s three-sided smartphone screen, advanced ceramics are into curling, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for February 20, 2015.

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