Archive for 2013
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Around the world of ceramics in eight minutes: CeramTec launches additional international websites In…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Lots of interesting things going on around the US and the world: Quantum dot energy harvester: Turning waste heat into…
Read MoreTrucking solar energy—U. Delaware team dissociates zinc oxide in solar reactor to make ‘solar fuel’
[Image above] Schematic diagram of one tile of solar reactor. Fifteen tiles arranged in a funnel shape comprise a…
Read More13 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.…
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