Archive for 2012
New NIST-led consortium aims to improve process for making ‘soft materials’
(Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress that begins this weekend, so…
Read MoreTen videos by NSF-NBC explain ‘Science of the Summer Olympics’
The series of videos by NSF-NBC delves into the unique biomechanics of athletes, and how technology still has much to…
Read MoreVideo: Creating ultrasharp STM, AFM probes for superior resolution and durability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkf2DxbKSFA Researchers at the University of Illinois have literally made a pointed improvement in microscopic probe tips. Led by Joe Lyding,…
Read MoreACerS short courses ‘make things easy to understand’
You may learn more than you were expecting at an ACerS short course. Take the recent “Fundamentals of Glass Science…
Read MoreOther materials science stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: New method knocks out stubborn electron problem A newly published article in Physical Review Letters eliminates one…
Read MoreGood morning. Ah, a wormhole is still causing havoc in Houston
[Image above] Credit: Melanie Innis. With all the focus on the search for the Higgs boson and dark matter, it…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
• Nippon Sheet Glass is to make capacity cuts in Europe and in the US. One of its two float…
Read MoreZeolites’ porosity, surface area and catalytic abilities leveraged for diverse applications
Zeolite pellets are being used by Fraunhofer researchers in a new high-efficiency thermal energy storage system. This is totally an…
Read MoreOlympic marathon course comes down to NIST calibration
Years of preparation go into the Olympics. What we see is the preparation payoff for the athletes, but behind the…
Read MoreFriday fun video—Harry Potter theme music played on wine glasses
Harry Potter movie theme music played on water-filled wine glasses. For this, you need glass—metals and polymers just don’t have…
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