Archive for July 2011
Japan’s leaders still struggling with post-Fukushima decisions
I don’t envy Japanese policy makers. The long-term economic and societal affects that continue to echo from the Fukushima Dai-ichi…
Read MoreNASA: Is it worth every half-penny?
The final Space Shuttle mission was completed on Thursday with the landing of Atlantis in Florida. In this video, astrophysicist…
Read MoreACerS journals strong and growing: 2010 impact factors and other metrics
Most participants in the scholarly publishing process take a keen interest in the journal impact factor, a yearly metric issued…
Read MoreA vibrant PACRIM9 ‘down under’
Recently returned from Cairns, Australia, Charlie Spahr, ACerS executive director, reports that PACRIM9 was a successful, and distinctly Australian, conference:…
Read MoreGet flexible: Georgia Tech group shows how to ‘draw’ nano-sized ferroelectric structures on plastic substrates
“We can directly create piezoelectric materials of the shape we want, where we want them, on flexible substrates,” says Nazanin…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: Rankings of the world’s largest ceramic tile and sanitaryware producers RAK group (United Arab Emirates)…
Read MoreRietveld X-ray analysis helps REACH chemical assessment grouping, fewer tests
In late 2006, the European Union passed the legislation known as REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals), which…
Read MoreACT top 10 journals in Ceramics category
With its new Impact Factor of 1.280, the International journal of Applied Ceramic Technology is listed under the Top 10 journals in the category Ceramics.
Read MoreJACerS #1 in citations
The Journal of the American Ceramic Society is currently ranked #2 in the Ceramics category, with an Impact Factor of 2.167 — an 11.5% jump over last year. It is #1 in total number of citations with over 29,000!
Read MoreNRC post-Fukushima task force issues recommendations for BWRs
I have a pretty lengthy interview with SRNL’s John Marra in the August issue of the Bulletin of the American…
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