Archive for 2012
Other materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: Honeywell delivers advanced ballistic materials for combat helmets to Army Honeywell has completed the delivery of advanced…
Read MoreCleveland RTA, NASA renew push for fuel cell bus project
Once again, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and NASA are teaming up to demonstrate how a fuel cell-powered bus…
Read MorePhotoblogging from St. Louis: GOMD opens with Stookey lecture, symposia, poster session and so much more
More than 300 attendees are here in St. Louis to attend the Glass and Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting. The…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
• The enterprise for the production of construction glass in Kairakum (Sughd, Tajikistan) has launched a new line for production…
Read MoreActive week in ceramics, glass fields: GOMD, CMCEE and Ceramitec
It isn’t often that we have three major events going on in the same short stretch of time, and ACerS…
Read MoreTopological insulator materials: From quantum mechanics to computers
Last week several press releases came out about new work on topological insulators. A topological insulator—more accurately, a “strong 3D…
Read MoreWhite House convenes Materials Genome workshop; wave of new MGI initiatives announced
The White House held a special Materials Genome Initiative workshop this week that involved about 170 representatives of industry, academia,…
Read MoreDrink coffee for a long (and happy) life
Good news for coffee drinkers: A recent study from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study finds that coffee drinkers live…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: Welcome to The Cement Grinding Office, a new concept to support engineers and technicians working…
Read MoreICACC’13 call for papers. Abstracts due July 18th.
Submit your abstract to take part in this prestigious conference. See you in Daytona Beach January 27 – February 1, 2013.
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