Archive for September 2012
News from the glass and refractory worlds
• A sand mine in a small west coast of Scotland village has reopened and aims to export up to…
Read MoreJapan’s leaders do u-turn, water down nuclear ban policy
When Japan’s government last week suddenly announced that it would phase out its nuclear power plants by 2040, it probably…
Read MoreStrain relaxation in epitaxial thin film cobaltite by ferromagnetic ordering
Bulk and “unbulk” materials behave very differently, which has led to some useful applications and a lot of very interesting…
Read MoreMTC video: How glass–ceramic products can be machined, polished
Credit: Morgan Ceramics; YouTube I’ve known for some time that glass–ceramic products can be machined, but I actually have never…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: BASF building production plant for specialty zeolites in Ludwigshafen, Germany (MaterialsViews) BASF is investing…
Read MoreACerS’ ceramicSOURCE directory: One-stop marketplace for seekers, suppliers of ceramic-related goods and services
It’s time for my annual plug for The American Ceramic Society’s great “marketplace” tool—the “ceramicSOURCE‘ directory. Actually, ceramicSOURCE is two…
Read More‘Engineering Guy’s’ videos form nice resource for entry-level science, materials instruction
There apparently are a number of readers of this blog who are always on the search for videos to introduce…
Read MoreOther materials science stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: New processes for cost-efficient solar cell production The photovoltaic industry is pinning its hopes particularly on high-efficiency…
Read MoreArtificial tooth enamel made of thin, flexible hydroxyapatite sheets
Japanese researchers have developed a thin, flexible artificial tooth enamel made of hydroxyapatite. We’ve covered advances in thin, flexible ceramic…
Read MoreUWE Bristol’s video of ceramic 3D printing; ‘faience’ materials to eliminate a kiln step?
Credit: AHRCPress; YouTube Gizmag has a new story by David Szondy about research on 3D rapid-prototype printing of ceramic objects at…
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