Archive for May 2012
News from the glass and refractory worlds
• Allied Glass has agreed a deal to take additional space at a location in Leeds, UK as demand for…
Read MoreCulture and its formative influence
St. Edward Parish on the northwest side of Chicago has been a cornerstone of the neighborhood’s faith, social and cultural…
Read MoreHear through your head: Kyocera demos ceramic transducer-based tissue conduction technology phone
Credit: Notebooks: YouTube. You don’t have to be a hard head to appreciate this: Kyocera demonstrated this week a new audio technology…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Unifrax celebrates 70 years of success with Fiberfrax product line Unifrax, a leading global…
Read MoreDisease-detecting breathalyzers use gas-sensing electrospun oxide nanofibers
Perena Gouma, a professor at SUNY Stony Brook, uses electrospinning to synthesize ceramic nanowires that can detect disease markers like…
Read MoreBrown University posts videos from Materials Genome Town Meeting
The theme of the second session of the Brown University town meeting on the Materials Genome Initiative was “Materials for…
Read MoreScience research drives economic growth, but it’s expensive and slow
“Are nations investing too little in basic research?” This is the question posed by Peter Gruss, president of Germany’s Max…
Read MoreVideo of the week: 3D microvascular fiber-reinforced composites
Via MaterialsViews.com, Jeffrey Moore and Scott White, professors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talk us through their newest publication,…
Read MoreMIT Tech Review’s top 10 emerging technologies
Semprius (Durham, N.C.) was named one the MIT Tech Review‘s top ten emerging technologies. The company uses glass lenses to…
Read MoreCorning prepping new anti-microbial glass product
When you walk up to an ATM or an airport kiosk, ever wonder where the prior user’s hands might have…
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