Archive for May 2012
Active week in ceramics, glass fields: GOMD, CMCEE and Ceramitec
It isn’t often that we have three major events going on in the same short stretch of time, and ACerS…
Read MoreTopological insulator materials: From quantum mechanics to computers
Last week several press releases came out about new work on topological insulators. A topological insulator—more accurately, a “strong 3D…
Read MoreWhite House convenes Materials Genome workshop; wave of new MGI initiatives announced
The White House held a special Materials Genome Initiative workshop this week that involved about 170 representatives of industry, academia,…
Read MoreDrink coffee for a long (and happy) life
Good news for coffee drinkers: A recent study from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study finds that coffee drinkers live…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: Welcome to The Cement Grinding Office, a new concept to support engineers and technicians working…
Read MoreICACC’13 call for papers. Abstracts due July 18th.
Submit your abstract to take part in this prestigious conference. See you in Daytona Beach January 27 – February 1, 2013.
Read MoreChicago is a great destination for a conference—and bring the family, too
[flash https://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/faberChicago3.flv mode=1 f={image=https://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/faberChicago3.jpg}] Don’t let the conference distract you from exploring Chicago! In this video, Kathy Faber, ICC4 president,…
Read MoreKill carbon in UV-emitting LEDs to make better pathogen killers
The Materials Genome Initiative is shining the spotlight on modeling, simulation and computational methods for materials science, mostly for materials…
Read MoreDirect solar-to-fuel ‘artificial leaf,’ the ‘Dead’ and the man behind the ‘personalized energy’ concept
Credit: Chemical and Engineering News; YouTube It’s not often that the life and work of someone who labors in the…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: Thanks for the memory: Researchers find room for more data storage in phase-change material A team led…
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