Archive for June 2013
3D printing of microbatteries
Researchers from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are using 3D…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Corning’s Willow Glass will be available by the end of 2013 or early 2014; possibly heading to Apple’s iWatch At…
Read MoreShale gas a “blue bridge to a green future”?
[Image above] Rig for drilling multiple horizontal wells in the Marcellus Shale formation of Pennsylvania. Credit: Ruhrfish/Wikimedia Commons. In western…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
[Image above] A diagram of proposed new solar panel design. The top layer of each photovoltaic cell is a conventional…
Read MoreComing in August—NSF career development workshop for young academics
[Image above] Lane Martin will be one of the speakers at a NSF-sponsored workshop for young faculty in August. Credit:…
Read MoreCeramic filter materials: Low-tech to WOW!-tech
[Image above] Discovered at Argonne National Laboratory, materials that expand under pressure contain large, fluid-filled pores that may enable their…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• Hindusthan National Glass & Industries Ltd. and other existing promoters of HNG Float Glass Ltd. have established an equal joint…
Read MoreCree moves in commercial, retail markets show quickly developing state of LED applications
I hope this story doesn’t come off as a promotion for Cree Inc., but a number of coincidental observations and…
Read MoreCompanies race to scale up spinel for armor, optical applications
[Image above] Artist’s rendering of the USS Zumwalt in action. First in a new class of Navy destroyers, the Zumwalt…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Owens Corning introduces new Sustaina glass veil at Techtextil 2013 Owens Corning introduced a new glass-based solution for construction,…
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