Archive for March 2011
CM Furnaces turning 65
I recently received word that CM Furnaces in Bloomfield, N.J., is celebrating its 65th birthday this year. Although the company…
Read MoreTres Amigas likely to be one of first high-profile superconductor grid project
Although it is sometimes mistakenly thought of as a monolith, the United State’s current “electric grid” is more or less…
Read MoreRefractories here and there, West and East
I am currently in Missouri at the St. Louis Section/Refractory Ceramics Division 47th Annual Symposium that runs through March 24,…
Read MoreTwo new MgH2-based approaches for hydrogen storage proposed
Two separate groups have announced what sounds like somewhat similar magnesium hydride-based nanotechnology approaches to hydrogen storage. One group, at…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news from this week
Here’s what we are hearing: Trek introduces new high-frequency amplifier for MEMS Trek Inc., will introduce its new high-frequency amplifier,…
Read MoreMaterials stories that may also be of interest
You are curious, right? Check ’em out: Detecting conrete structure defects with acoustic emission analysis A vision of the ultimate…
Read MoreSandia, TEES and Khalifa U. launch GNEII nuclear energy safety institute for Middle East region
GNEII nuclear energy safety, security institute was officially launched with the signing of an agreement among TEES, Sandia National Laboratories…
Read MoreDisordered TiO2 nanocrystal surface yields durable, more efficient photocatalyst
By tinkering with the outer layer of titanium oxide nanocrystals, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab have figured out a…
Read MoreDenver Art Museum gets techical, too, with CoorsTek porcelain exhibit
Beakers and other porcelain lab equipment will be be part of an art exhibit opening in early June, which highlights…
Read MoreNew class of optical fiber developed at Penn State; ZnSe waveguide cores open infrared spectrum
a) Schematic of the HPCVD process, where a high pressure precursor mixture is configured to flow into a capillary (left).…
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