Archive for November 2014
ECD announces best paper, best poster winners from ICACC 2014
The Engineering Ceramics Division has announced the Best Papers and Posters from the ICACC 2014 meeting held last January in…
Read MoreFarewell, sixth sense: Analytics, science provide urban planners with more than intuition
Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have developed tools that provide city planners with something greater than the sixth sense—analytics.
Read MoreIncreased trade, decreased price: Deal may expand tariff-free tech, including semiconductors
Successful negotiations between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are setting the stage for the World Trade Organization to slash tariffs on an expanded selection of high-tech products, including semiconductors.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Better catalysts for hydrogen generators, silicon shovels dig for rare earths, direct writing diamond patterns, Kevlar-based electronics, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 12, 2014.
Read MoreCut, clarity, crunchy, and creamy—The 4Cs of diamonds made from peanut butter
Peanut butter lovers rejoice: PB diamonds are happening, thanks to the work of Dan Frost, scientist at Germany’s Bayerisches Geoinstitut.
Read MoreOne video, three new ACerS-Wiley titles, and six facts about the book industry
ACerS announced the release of three new books published in conjunction with publishing partner Wiley on UHTCs, CMCs, and biomaterials.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreTechnique prints rounded, facetless crystals for LEDs, solar cells, and pills
Researchers from the University of Michigan have figured out how to craft rounded crystals—a development that could advance LEDs, solar cells, functional coatings, and pharmaceutics—that resemble the bumpy surface of starfish shells.
Read MoreDOE funding to speed up nuclear R&D, lab-to-market transition
The Department of Energy is accelerating clean-energy technologies, flagging $13 million to advance nuclear energy R&D and launching a pilot program to speed up the lab-to-market process.
Read MoreRetired Corning scientist S. Donald Stookey dies at 99
Renowned glass scientist S. Donald Stookey—an ACerS member, Distinguished Life Member, and Fellow—died on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the age of 99 in Pittsford, N.Y.
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