Archive for 2013
NAMII announces new RFP for additive manufacturing
The National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute announced a request for proposals for its second round of projects on additive manufacturing. The RFP is open to any organization or institution, but a NAMII member must be a partner in the proposal. NAMII expects to award $9 million in multiple awards.
Read MoreCheesy project teaches kids the scientific method, but do we need more scientists?
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the British Cheese Board applied the scientific method to determine optimum “process parameters” for making cheese on toast, a favorite snack of UK children and inspire school-age children to consider STEM careers. A deeper question, though, how urgent is the need for new STEM-trained graduates?
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
IAG Co. Ltd. announced plans to reopen the figured flat glass factory at Bhadaninagar (Jharkhand, India). Once considered Asia’s foremost…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Oxygen ‘sponge’ may lead to improved catalysts, energy materials Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory,…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Read MoreSemiconducting, mesoporous, glassy SiOC shows potential as sensor material
Glassy SiOC sensors responded well to NO2 below 400°C. Above 400°C, sensitivity to NO2 disappears, and they become responsive to H2, but the concentration is much higher—5 ppm for NO2 compared to 2,000 ppm for H2.
Read MoreStaying frosty with fuel cell technology
A pilot program run by the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will equip four refrigerator trucks with fuel cell-powered refrigeration units.
Read MoreFriday funny from the past
We reached way back for this cartoon, which first appeared in the November 1953 issue of the Bulletin. It’s a…
Read MoreRenewable energy R&D on the budget chopping block
An energy spending bill that passed in the US House of Representatives in July would gut DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
Read MoreLow-temperature fuel cell technology aims to go commercial
UMD and Redox Power Systems LLC recently announced that they will work jointly to commercialize SOFCs using functionally graded ceria/bismuth oxide bilayered electrolyte technology.
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