Archive for May 2013
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Owens Corning selects Constellation to develop 2.6-megawatt solar project for Delmar, N.Y., facility Owens Corning and Constellation today announced the…
Read MoreBioceramics: Opportunities and challenges
[Image above] Chemical composition of Biolox delta, a zirconia-toughened alumina with small additions of chromium oxide and strontium aluminate. Credit:…
Read MoreU Dayton establishes new CETRASE thin-films center
Credit: University of Dayton; YouTube Officials at the University of Dayton announced that the school has created a new research…
Read MoreCovaron gains $300,000 in seed-stage funding for thermosetting ceramics tech
Credit: Cameron Smith; YouTube A unique Michigan-based startup company that is attempting to leverage a proprietary method of what it…
Read MoreA changing of the guard at ACerS—Peter retires, Jim signs on
There’s a new pen in town! For the last five years, ACerS Director of Communications Peter Wray has been the…
Read MoreCeramic matrix composites make inroads in aerospace
[Image above] Oxide CMC exhaust ground test demonstrator consists of a 1.60-m diameter nozzle and 1.14-m diameter × 2.34-m conical…
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How graphene and friends could harness the Sun’s energy University of Manchester and National University of Singapore researchers have shown…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• At meeting on May 3, the supervisory board of RHI AG approved a concept presented by the management board…
Read MoreGSK drops ball with puzzling US release of Sensodyne ‘Repair & Protect’ sans 45S5 glass
[Image above] Looking for innovative NovaMin/Bioglass active ingredient in Sensodyne Repair & Protect? US consumers will not find it in…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Morgan Advanced Materials highlights fire protection, wear and chemical corrosion resistant materials for offshore oil & gas applications at OTC…
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