Archive for 2011
Video of the week: ‘Liquid Wall’ curtain walls of ultra-high-performance concrete
Liquid Wall Prototype for Innovate:Integrate Exhibition from arbuckle industries on Vimeo. This video features one example of the innovative architectural…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: Glasstec and Solarpeq return in 2012 Glasstec 2012, the international trade fair for glass production,…
Read MoreSolyndra execs decline to testify, but some perspective is suggested
Not unexpectedly, the Solyndra investigation threatens to be poisoned by the unfolding political theatrics. Although I am as curious as…
Read MoreStuffing nuclear waste glasses
Vitrification, or encapsulating nuclear waste in glass is possible method of containing nuclear wastes. While nuclear energy policy issues are…
Read MorePPG to offer thermochromic window system with Pleotint’s sunlight-responsive interlayer
[Image above] Pleotint window on left darkened to neutral-gray tint as heat load increased. On the right, the window has…
Read MoreRefractory Ceramics Division activities at MS&T’11
The Refractory Ceramics Division extends a general invitation to the Refractory Materials Session at MS&T’11, Wednesday morning, October 19, 2011…
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Here’s what we are hearing: Duo’s chemistry makes it possible: natural gas produced from biomass H.C. Starck and Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut…
Read MoreBismuth ferrite research sheds light on increasing PV efficiency
A news release out of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab reports that “the average installed cost of residential and commercial PV…
Read MoreThe thrill of victory and the agony of defeat: Some of each for CNTs
Rice University researchers, Robert Vajtai, Enrique Barrera and Yao Zhao created a conductive cable from iodine-doped nanotubes capable of carrying…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: Global support for nuclear energy drops after Fukushima Quantum behavior with a flash: Pulsed quantum optomechanics Europeans…
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