Archive for 2012
2012 slate for president-elect, board announced
ACerS is pleased to announce the 2012 slate for President-elect and for Board of Directors. The election will be held June 7 through July 6, 2012.
Read MoreNews on glass & refractory world
• The owner of glass manufacturer Pilkington, Nippon Sheet Glass, has announced that it will close one of its three…
Read MoreMonday morning quarterbacking: A materials review of Super Bowl XLVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds5hVzrkoKI GE’s Super Bowl commercial features engineers making power plant turbines that “make the power that makes the beer.” Credit:…
Read MoreVideo of the week – Corning’s ‘A Day Made of Glass 2: Unpacked. The Story Behind Corning’s Vision’
Credit: Corning Incorporated; YouTube A year ago, Corning published a promotional video, “A Day Made of Glass… Made possible by…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Integration of Hanse Chemie Inc. USA, into Evonik Goldschmidt Corp. As of Jan. 1,…
Read MoreThe ‘Pitch Drop’ experiment is one for the generations
Would you start an experiment that took three years to set up, yielded it’s first result eight years later and…
Read MoreNational Research Council names 16 tech priorities for NASA
“Success in executing future NASA space missions will depend on advanced technology developments that should already be underway,” according to…
Read MoreMechanism offered for how seawater could corrode nuclear fuel
When Japanese officials acted out of desperation and used seawater to cool the cores at the Fukushima-Daiichi reactors last year,…
Read MoreTime to vote for ARPA-E’s ‘America’s Next Top Energy Innovator;’ 2012-13 competition also announced
Late last year we told you about the reality-TV-inspired event ARPA-E is conducting — “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” —…
Read MoreHistoric January 1987: YBCO superconductors discovered and Super Bowl XXI
Do you recall where you were the weekend before the Super Bowl in 1987? Me neither. No matter, let’s play…
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