Archive for October 2011
Finding the perfect ink for printing ceramic parts
Ink jet printing techniques are applied with an increasing number of materials. In particular, solid freeform fabrication (SFF) methods for…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing (some info from news releases): Glasstech looks ahead to its next 40 years with confidence…
Read MoreMaterials Football Game of the Week: Bye week, student research at MS&T
MS&T has been keeping me pretty busy, so this is a bye week from the football stories. They will resume…
Read MoreThe Refractories Institute fires up scholarship program
Do you know a student who could use 5,000 bucks and likes hot stuff? We received the following announcement for…
Read MoreWhat Peter saw in the Ceramographic exhibit
Every year, ACerS Basic Science Division sponsors a Ceramographic Exhibit & Competition and presents the Roland B. Snow Award to the…
Read MoreThe 2011 Mug Drop Competition in 4 minutes
[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/Mug%20Drop.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/Mug%20Drop.jpg}] Here’s a look at what went on at the Material Advantage Mug Drop event organized by Keramos,…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Energy-storing membrane may ‘perform better than batteries’ Researchers from the National University of Singapore’s Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative have developed…
Read MoreWhat Eileen saw at the ACerS annual meeting at MS&T’11
At the MS&T Welcome Reception … Between sessions… Before and after the banquet … … including the President’s Council of…
Read MoreWhat Peter saw at the ACerS annual awards banquet
Wednesday materials fun: More jellyfish propulsion
Credit: Festo; YouTube. We featured work before on the Naval Research Labs work with artificial jellyfish for aquatic sensor applications,…
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