Archive for 2013
Ceramics and the $148 billion ethylene industry
[Image above] Dow Chemical production plant in Freeport, Texas. The company plans to build an new ethylene production plant in…
Read MoreVideo: Lilliputian debuts SOFC for your iPhone, other electronics
Credit: PC Perspective; YouTube At $299 this is pretty pricey, however, I think the Nectar Mobile Power System, based on…
Read MoreStrong, lightweight, and ductile (yes, ductile) silica glass nanofibers
[Image above] University of Southampton (UK) scientist, Gilberto Brambilla, developed the strongest, lightest known silica glass nanofibers. Credit: University of…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: Netzsch to supply SpaceX’s thermal analysis lab Netzsch Instruments North America LLC is proud…
Read MoreIndia creates online glass, ceramics core lecture series on YouTube
“Massive open online courses” initiatives will not be confined to the West. India, via YouTube, has just launched a fairly impressive array of…
Read MoreNIST: Summer research opportunities for undergraduates
[Image above] During the summer of 2012, SURF participant and MIT student Sam Evans studied the magnetic susceptibility of certain…
Read MoreAccess open to JACerS’ article on ceramic grand challenges; new workshop will explore multidisciplinary aspects of ‘materials by design’
Ceramic researchers at a workshop last March to identify the grand challenges of ceramic science. Their findings were published in…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: InGaN-based vertical LEDs with acid-modified graphene transparent conductor and highly reflective membrane current blocking layer The two-dimensionality…
Read MoreBonus CES videos from Corning: Chemical strengthening of glass and Thunderbolt cables
Credit: Corning Incorporated; YouTube Just as I finished my previous story on Gorilla Glass 3, Corning began a video dump…
Read MoreGorilla Glass 3 explained (and it is a modeling first for Corning!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xa53dLabuc Credit: Corning; YouTube. [updated with link to Corning’s new GG3 product information sheet] Among techies (amateur and professional), Gorilla…
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