Archive for 2010
CoorsTek to acquire Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics
CoorsTek announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the advanced ceramics business of Saint-Gobain for $245 million.…
Read More40 years and still growing: Polymer-derived ceramics field still on upswing
A quartet of researchers from Italy and Germany have published an fascinating overview of polymer-derived ceramics in the most recent…
Read MoreIs this for real: Stealth heat signature?
Credit: Defense Update; YouTube I am hoping some of our readers may know what this is about. I get that…
Read MoreCeramic Leadership Summit: Students see it as ‘exciting departure from norm’
For two students who are used to attending technical conferences like MS&T and ICACC, the experience at the first Ceramic…
Read MoreTests show viability with carbon sequestration and oil recovery
According to a DOE press release, field tests have shown that using carbon dioxide in an oil recovery method dubbed…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Luminescent and electroceramic research at Fujihara Lab
Credit: Keio University; YouTube Shinobu Fujihara, professor of engineering at Keio University (Japan), oversees a lab that has been investigating…
Read MorePG&E, SunRun to finance $100 million in home solar projects
The New York Times reported that California utility Pacific Gas & Electric and solar company SunRun have formed an alliance…
Read MoreAPS calls for more federal energy efficiency R&D support
The American Physical Society says it will be pushing congressional leaders to increase research investments in energy-efficiency technologies. The APS…
Read MoreNano clay coatings provide key lubrication at earthquake faults
Geologists say they have discovered that an ultra-thin layer of smectitic clay on rocks along deep, older fault lines in…
Read MoreGood weekend reading on U.S. science policy; real cost of gasoline
While paging through a recent edition of Newsweek, I ran across two articles I recommend as good reading material. The…
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