Archive for 2012
Toughened, flexible silica aerogel? Joint Japanese–Chinese group shows how to do it
This sounds like the type of breakthrough aerogel fans have yearning for. A newly published paper in Angewandte Chemie reports on…
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Check ’em out: Scorpions inspire scientists in making tougher surfaces for machinery Researchers studied the bumps and grooves on the…
Read MorePhotoblogging from ICACC (Daytona Beach): Expo, Shot Glass Drop, posters and more
The Shot Glass Drop competition gave students and young professionals a chance to put their on-the-spot design talents to the…
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Here’s what we are hearing: Kyocera’s 315-watt, 80-cell solar module launches in the US Kyocera Solar Inc. has announced the…
Read MoreMinerals consumption: Tale of two countries
Not totally surprising, but I hadn’t seen these number aggregated like this before. From today’s hearings in Washington by the…
Read MoreNanomaterials safety research: National Academies sound alarm and urges cohesive plan
Nano environmental health and safety is clearly an important topic and one that is frequently referenced at materials conferences I…
Read MoreUIUC group: Can unleashed spores heal concrete cracks?
Concrete is tough, but whether its a sidewalk, driveway, roadway or a structural part of a building, the material is…
Read MoreNew ceramic–aluminum composite brake rotor developed for mass market
Nikhil Gupta, associate professor in the Polytechnic Institute of New York University Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, is developing a…
Read MorePhotoblogging from ICACC in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Some of the German delegation of participants in the first Global Young Investigators Forum at ICACC. Thomas Fisher (third from…
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Check ’em out: Ceramic components help make motors greener The newest requirements for electric motors as a result of the…
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