Archive for 2009
Carbon sequestration training, certification to be offered
A trio of organizations in the Seattle area is gearing up to offer advanced training and certification in burying and…
Read MoreGet out your pens and publish with ACerS!
ACerS-Wiley is currently seeking new authors or volume editors for textbooks, handbooks or reference books on ceramics and ceramics-related topics.…
Read MoreVideo of the week: MU’s blast-resistant glass
This new video from the University of Missouri demonstrates a special explosion-resistant glass that may offer protection to federal buildings,…
Read MorePiezoelectricity’s positive vibrations
Via LiveScience, the Inside Science News Service reports that scientists at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, in Blacksburg, Va., have recently…
Read MoreFriction forces offer new tool in carbon nanotubes
Publishing in Nature Materials this week, researchers report measuring different friction forces when a carbon nanotube slides along its axis…
Read MoreGold used to enhance nanocrystal conductance
Researchers at Berkeley Lab reported a technique by which the electrical conductivity of nanorod crystals of cadmium-selenide was increased 100,000…
Read MoreMonday materials music
Chemistry dance party! Credit: addyson99; YouTube Now get to work!
Read MoreIndustry headlines
Kyocera introduces ceramic-metal bonding technologies Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp. announces the availability of a wide variety of engineered feedthrough connectors…
Read MoreGreen algae harnessed to make paper-based batteries
A press release from Uppsala University, Sweden, claims that a group of researchers at the Ångström Laboratory have discovered that…
Read MorePatrick Gallagher to lead NIST
The White House and U.S. Department of Commerce announced yesterday that physicist Patrick Gallagher will be nominated to be director…
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