Archive for 2012
News from the glass and refractory worlds
• Japanese electronics company Hitachi has unveiled slivers of glass that can store digital information for millions of years. The company…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Tam Ceramics expands its custom materials processing and recycling program Tam Ceramics recently announced…
Read MoreSilicon oxides enable advances in digital memory storage at Rice U. and Hitachi
Two separate but recent stories underline the versatility of silicon oxides and involve two very different digital memory applications. The…
Read MorePatent Office releases America Invents Act Roadshow highlights
The America Invents Act that overhaul United States patent law was the topic of a series of Roadshow meetings the…
Read MoreNew alkali halide scintillator single crystals for better homeland security, medical diagnosis
By the time you read this, I will have been to Europe and back on an airplane. I will have…
Read MoreState science academy taps Subhash Singhal as its president-elect
Congratulations go out to ACerS Fellow and Battelle Fellow Emeritus Subhash C. Singhal, who has been selected to be the…
Read MoreProbing the mysteries of cracks and stresses
Analysis of molecular-level fracture and stress mechanisms could have broad implications for understanding materials’ behavior. (MIT News) Diving into a…
Read MoreToo big for a Post-it note: 3M close to acquiring Ceradyne for $860M
The big business news this morning in the ceramics world is that 3M has made a friendly offer to buy…
Read MoreOther materials science stories that may be of interest
You probably already know there is some really interesting stuff going on in the materials field. Here is some of…
Read MoreO-I’s new $35M R&D center aimed at ‘revolutionary’ innovations in melting, forming and prototyping glass products
Yesterday Owens-Illinois Inc., a company that describes itself as the world’s largest maker of glass containers, delivered a strategic signal to…
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