Archive for December 2012
Indian bauxite, alumina conference showcases innovations and new Asian organization
[Image above] Credit: IBAAS The inaugural conference of the newly minted International Bauxite, Alumina & Aluminium Society recently concluded in…
Read MoreARPA-E award helps Berkeley Lab groups shine smart windows tech
[Image above] Berkeley Lab researchers will use their new grant to perfect new thin-film and manufacturing technologies that will can…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: APC publishes free piezo calculator iPhone, iPad app APC International Inc. has announced the…
Read MoreWISE: GE Global Research holds Women in Science and Engineering symposium
[Image above] Michelle Janas is a lead scientist with GE Healthcare Life Sciences. GE Global Research is looking at ways…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
So much to read, so little time. Maybe try anyway: Scientists discover novel way to ‘heal’ defects in materials In…
Read MoreNew ‘New Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future’ solicitation from NSF
We have written numerous time in the past about the Materials Genome Initiative, which was launched in June 2011. Just…
Read MoreMars Curiosity discovery revealed: complex chemistry in soil with possibility to form organic materials
[Image above] Image of Martian surface, likely an ancient riverbed, where Curiosity’s SAM instruments scooped samples that NASA scientists believe…
Read MoreNew ultrathin VO2 film device perfectly, reproducibly absorbs infrared light
[Image above] Left: This diagram shows the experimental setup used for measuring the reflectivity of the vanadium-sapphire device. The vanadium…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• Hindusthan National Glass and Industries has commissioned a 650-ton-per-day glass bottle plant at Naidupeta in Andhra Pradesh. The plant…
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