Archive for January 2013
Self-oscillating gels, DARPA worms and spontaneous self-aggregation
Credit: Harvard University; YouTube This has little to do with ceramics or glass—but everything to do with the biggest “What…
Read MoreICG, Wiley offer primer on bio-glasses
The International Commission on Glass and Wiley are offering a relatively new book that is meant to serve as an…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• A report by Visiongain indicates that the global glass packaging market will reach a value of $36.8 billion in…
Read MoreCeramics and the $148 billion ethylene industry
[Image above] Dow Chemical production plant in Freeport, Texas. The company plans to build an new ethylene production plant in…
Read MoreVideo: Lilliputian debuts SOFC for your iPhone, other electronics
Credit: PC Perspective; YouTube At $299 this is pretty pricey, however, I think the Nectar Mobile Power System, based on…
Read MoreStrong, lightweight, and ductile (yes, ductile) silica glass nanofibers
[Image above] University of Southampton (UK) scientist, Gilberto Brambilla, developed the strongest, lightest known silica glass nanofibers. Credit: University of…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Netzsch to supply SpaceX’s thermal analysis lab Netzsch Instruments North America LLC is proud…
Read MoreIndia creates online glass, ceramics core lecture series on YouTube
“Massive open online courses” initiatives will not be confined to the West. India, via YouTube, has just launched a fairly impressive array of…
Read MoreNIST: Summer research opportunities for undergraduates
[Image above] During the summer of 2012, SURF participant and MIT student Sam Evans studied the magnetic susceptibility of certain…
Read MoreAccess open to JACerS’ article on ceramic grand challenges; new workshop will explore multidisciplinary aspects of ‘materials by design’
Ceramic researchers at a workshop last March to identify the grand challenges of ceramic science. Their findings were published in…
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