Archive for 2011
Some industry news from this week
On the business side of things: H.C. Starck and Cabot announce patent cross-license agreement on tantalum, niobium powder technology Z-Wave…
Read More‘Promising’ lightweight, multiwalled carbon nanotube aerogel debuts
A new development has been announced in the world of aerogel. ACS Nano published a paper on the process of…
Read MoreRolla hospital’s cancer institute named for ceramist Delbert Day
Nice honors for a good guy! The Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo., announced yesterday that it is…
Read MoreNPR: Haitians take rubble removal into own hands
Last week we had about a report from researchers at Georgia Tech who show how concrete rubble from the earthquake…
Read MoreA perspective on materials databases
It is widely accepted that convenient access to reliable materials property data is vital to the development of innovative components…
Read MoreMember input needed on structure review forum
Visit the new structure review forum to post your opinions about ACerS division, class and committee structures, whether they meet your needs, and how new structures may better serve the membership.
Read MoreAerogel plaster to restore historic buildings
Renovating any historic structure is a project that comes with numerous challenges, one of which is how to insulate the…
Read MoreCalifornia group’s metallic glass is world’s toughest–strongest material
If you do a Google search (admittedly not very scientific) for “world’s strongest material” and “world’s toughest material,” among the…
Read MoreSpinning yarn out of nano powder-infused nanotubes for superconducting applications
Recently I wrote about Israeli-based TorTech, which says it will soon be manufacturing carbon nanotube fiber yarns that it claims…
Read MoreNew ceramic coatings to improve durability of turbine engines
In the recent print edition of Watts News, Ohio State University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering newsletter, an article…
Read More