Archive for 2011
The 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,…
Read MoreMS&T’11/ACerS annual meeting blogging: Keramos award winning chapters
Missouri University of Science & Technology’s Keramos chapter won the Most Outstanding Chapter Award. The chapter’s representatives, front row, from…
Read MoreThe fuzzy line between biology and materials science: Using DNA to build new materials
NYU scientists have developed artificial structures consisting of triple helix molecules containing three DNA double helices that can self-replicate. I…
Read MoreMaterials Football Game of the Week: Virginia vs. Georgia Tech
The Game Georgia Institute of Technology at University of Virginia Oct. 15, 3:30 p.m., ET This week we return to…
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