Gorilla Glass

Video: With ceramics, all things are possible—including the new Apple iPhone 6

By April Gocha / September 18, 2014

A video from the American Chemical Society Reactions series explains some of the components inside smartphones—including how ceramics help make all that sweet technology possible.

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Gorilla Glass is getting an upgrade, and so is your smartphone—to genius status

By April Gocha / July 1, 2014

Scientists at Corning Inc. and Polytechnique Montreal in Canada have debuted a new technology that will undoubtedly put see-through sensors right into the glass of your soon-to-be-smarter smartphone.

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Wearable tech market to reach beyond wrists in 2014

By Jessica McMathis / April 2, 2014

According to analysts, 2014 is the year wearables—which include health, sports, and activity trackers, as well as smart-glass products—that will become a “key consumer technology.”

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Patents suggest Apple iPhone 6 may have transparent texting on smudge-proof sapphire screens

By April Gocha / March 29, 2014

With the Apple iPhone 6 set for release later this year, the rumors have begun–the latest patent applications suggest transparent texting technology and smudge-proof sapphire screens.

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Video: Apple set to harness the power of sapphire

By Jessica McMathis / February 14, 2014

Reports indicate that Apple is manufacturing sapphire crystal screens to be used in future devices—but will they stand up to some of the strongest materials on Earth?

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / February 14, 2014

Ceramics and glass business news of the week

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Video: Corning’s new Gorilla Glass battles bugs

By Eileen De Guire / January 10, 2014

   They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So when my food science undergraduate child was home over the holidays and shared with us all the truly horrible…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By P. Carlo Ratto / July 9, 2013

When it comes to the displays of our smartphones and tablets, Corning Inc. is definitely one of the major players. Now it looks like Corning will be stepping up and…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By Eileen De Guire / February 11, 2013

• Quarterly group revenues at Nippon Sheet Group were 9 percent down from the previous year, at $4 billion compared to $4.49 billion; the profit from the corresponding quarter of…

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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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