Archive for 2010
Cement usage still coming under fire for role in Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill
I wrote about this issue back in May and June, and now the lead investigator of the presidential commission investigating…
Read MoreMicro-photovoltaic devices for use in chemotherapy
A press release from the American Institute of Physics claims that miniature photovoltaic devices are being developed for the delivery of…
Read MoreBeth Judson, husband die in plane crash (updated)
Ceramist, materials engineer and university-business technology partnership expert Beth Judson and her husband, Jim, were killed Tuesday when their…
Read MoreJohn Marra to discuss advanced ceramics and nuclear energy at Alfred U.’s McMahon lecture Nov. 4
Alfred University has selected nuclear power expert and ACerS leader John Marra give the Inamori School of Engineering’s 2010 John F.…
Read MorePore-enhanced silicon used to increase capacity of Li-ion batteries
According to a press release, a team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way to use…
Read MoreMichigan/Northwest Ohio Section of ACerS to Host Tour
Reserve your spot to tour Adaptive Materials Inc. (AMI) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Thursday, Nov. 11! AMI specializes in the making of solid oxide fuel cells.
Read MoreVideo(s) of the week: Granular material techniques reboot robots’ grip
Credit: The University of Chicago; YouTube A granular “blob” instead pinchers or fingers at the end of robot arms? Researchers…
Read MoreSRNL energy park plans underway
Surplus land within the Savannah River National Lab site will be turned into an energy park. The DOE is exploring…
Read MoreSpahr, 30-year business veteran, elevated to ACerS executive director post
At its just-concluded meeting in Houston, Texas, the Board of Directors of The American Ceramic Society announced that it has selected one of the Society’s upper-level managers, Charles Spahr, to be the organization’s new executive director.
Read MoreMaterials stories that may also be of interest
At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to…
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