Archive for 2011
NSF launches new Career-Life Balance Initiative, workplace flexibility policies
Last Monday the White House and National Science Foundation announced a new 10-year plan to increase workplace flexibilities to support…
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NIST Extends Response Period for Comments on Proposed New Advanced Manufacturing Program To accommodate additional interested parties, the National Institute…
Read MoreReport on US advance ceramics markets available
Taiyou Research, via Research and Markets, is offering a €338 (~$450), 110-page report on the market for advanced ceramics in the…
Read MoreForgot your microscope? Use your tricked-out iPhone instead
Some clever folks at the University of California, Davis have figured out how to turn an ordinary iPhone into a…
Read MoreFeds fund six clean energy ‘proof of concept’ centers
The national i6 Green initiative leverages resources of five federal agencies to advance clean technology commercialization, focusing on promoting Proof…
Read More‘Ig Nobel’ 2011 Laureates announced
With the Nobel Prize announcements starting soon, it is all too easy to overlook the 2011 Ig Nobel laureates (awarded…
Read More‘Stretching and morphing’ the ARRA’s purpose = stimulus fail
Two things out of the box: First, remember, permissum lector caveo (translation: What the hell does Peter know, anyway?). Second,…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: PPG to increase global production capacity for precipitated silica PPG Industries announced that it is…
Read MoreTape casting of indium tin oxide for electroluminescent devices
Tape casting was used to fabricate a flexible indium tin oxide layer in an electroluminescent lamp. Transparent conducting oxides constitute…
Read MoreMaterials Football Game of the Week: Yale vs. Lehigh
The Game Yale University at Lehigh University Oct. 1, 12:30 p.m., ET Both of these teams know their football and…
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