Archive for 2011
Thinking of our friends and the situation in Japan
It goes without saying that all ACerS members, leaders and staff are distraught about the effects of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami…
Read MoreAnalysis of scale of animal trabeculae suggests new materials, structures
There’s a significant contingent of ceramists and other materials scientists and engineers who use information about natural bone structure to…
Read MoreInnovationTrail lets Morning Edition listeners wake up to Gorilla Glass
My local NPR station’s broadcast of its Morning Edition show today carried a story (audio and print) about Corning’s Gorilla…
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news from this week
Here is what we are hearing: CoorsTek invests $3 million in EmiSense Technologies (pdf) EmiSense Technologies, LLC today announced it…
Read MoreVideo of the Week: Making better batteries with metal oxide & graphene composites at PNNL
This video explains one route researchers at Pacific Northwest National Lab and Princeton are taking to create better materials for batteries:…
Read MoreOSU announces new Materials Research Seed Grant program
Ohio State University has issued a request for proposals for its 2011-2012 Materials Research Seed Grant Program. The offering is…
Read MoreNovacem’s ‘carbon negative cement’
A “green” material that has received growing press attention (at least online) in recent months is a product from Novacem…
Read MoreU.K.’s Institute of Refractories Engineers to turn 50
While still a youngster by ACerS’ standards, the U.K.-based Institute for Refractories Engineers will mark its fifth decade of existence…
Read MoreSenior editor wanted
Do you like this blog? Do you already write about science? If you are an experienced science writer or…
Read MoreAmerican Museum of Ceramic Art gets technical with exhibit, family activities and lecture
This falls into the better late than never category: The American Museum of Ceramic Art (better known as AMOCA) has had a…
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