Archive for January 2012
New ceramic–aluminum composite brake rotor developed for mass market
Nikhil Gupta, associate professor in the Polytechnic Institute of New York University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, is developing a…
Read MorePhotoblogging from ICACC in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Some of the German delegation of participants in the first Global Young Investigators Forum at ICACC. Thomas Fisher (third from…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: Ceramic components help make motors greener The newest requirements for electric motors as a result of the…
Read MoreHealing glass fibers now available for pet and animal treatments
Rediheal borate glass fibers are successfully being used to treat injured green sea turtles and other animals. Credit: Avalon Medical…
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Read MorePhotoblog from final day of EMA 2012
Nanshun Lu, an assistant professor at the Univ. of Texas at Austin and a researcher in bio-integrated electronics, in a…
Read MoreThinking small is big deal: DOE to push US manufacturing of small modular reactors
The concept of using small modular nuclear reactors is something we’ve written on several times in the past, and it…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Spanish ceramic tile manufacturers are, once again, the largest presence at the trade fair…
Read MoreCeramic bearings company’s birthday brings $20k innovation contest
The Florida-based Boca Bearing Co., a maker of ceramic ball bearings, announced that it will celebrate its 25th year in…
Read MoreComputational methods shine light on conducting oxide transparency
Transparency versus conductivity: The tug between those properties is often on the mind of those who engineer the components of…
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