Archive for 2012
R&D Magazine announces 50th class of R&D 100 winners
MesoCoat’s PComP is one of the new R&D 100 winners. The company manufactures a line nanocrystalline tungsten carbide-cobalt particles engineered…
Read MoreNew book on ceramic porcelain high-voltage insulators for power transmission
We post plenty of stories about electrical power, but almost always from the perspective of R&D of technologies for renewable…
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Lots happening in our world … Alfred University researchers work with WNY companies on thermoelectric devices Alfred University is working…
Read MoreChemical & Engineering News reports on GOMD; Saint-Gobain releases life cycle assessments for glass and mirrors
There are two interesting articles from the glass world that are of more than general interest. Mitch Jacoby, a…
Read MoreA123 Systems improves Li-ion battery and hopes to improve fortunes, too
A123 Systems is looking for “tweaks” to improve the battery’s—and the company’s—fortunes. A story earlier this week on Technology Review…
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Alfred University to offer short course on glass and ceramics fracture, failure Alfred University’s Inamori School of Engineering will offer a…
Read MoreMimicking butterflies to make silica thin films
Editor’s note: This story comes from the excellent writing staff at MaterialsViews.com. The beauty of butterflies has fascinated humanity over…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
• Vidrala Group has announced that it has closed the first quarter of 2012 with a consolidated net profit of…
Read MoreACerS and NIST agreement continues 60 year ceramic phase diagrams program
Last week, ACerS executive director Charlie Spahr inked a new agreement with NIST to continue the 60-year collaboration between the…
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IBC Advanced Alloys signs nuclear fuel R&D agreement IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. has entered into a sponsored research agreement with…
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