Archive for February 2013
13 selected for ICDD’s Frevel Crystallography Scholarship
The International Centre for Diffraction Data released the names of its 2013 Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship. The group says its…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• South African packaging company Nampak plans to double production capacity at its glassmaking unit by January next year as it…
Read MoreCeramics for defense highlighted in March ACerS Bulletin, plus video
The connection between military success and technology is the stuff of many history PhD dissertations. And, for many of those…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing: CeramTec expands Marktredwitz site; Ceramics Group to invest €80M in existing plant The current business…
Read MoreBillions in federal R&D ‘recovery’ monies still on the table in the US?
[Image above] DOE’s Recovery Act project status as of Feb. 13, 2013. Over $6 billion is still unspent. Source: Recovery.gov.…
Read MoreInternal curing standards and recent work on extending life of concrete structures
Credit: Purdue University and INDOT Joint Transportation Research Program; YouTube Many people in the field of high-performance cements and materials…
Read MoreSolitons, pentagons and other star-shaped waves
[Image above] Examples of star-shaped waves resulting from vibrations in a tank containing liquid oil. Credit: Rajchenbach et al., APS.…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Elsewhere on the materials front: Microscopic dendrites a focus in Boeing Dreamliner probe (Wall Street Journal) Aviation safety investigators are…
Read MoreFlowerpot like ceramic filters purify water for drinking, cooking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQBwzmqMNDY James Smith discusses PureMadi and MadiDrops—porous clay water purification systems—how they work and the hopes behind it. Credit: UVA,…
Read MoreNew $2.5M landmark conservation science institute to be established for the arts
[Image above] Art Institute of Chicago art conservation scientist, Francesca Casadio, explains to delegates at the 2012 ICC4 meeting a…
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