Archive for 2014
Video: Ceralink uses microwaves to produce ultra-high-temperature ceramics faster and cheaper
Using microwave assist technology furnaces, Ceralink can produce ceramics faster and cheaper by bypassing the standard high pressure needed to make ultra-high-temperature ceramics.
Read MorePermanent R&D tax credit passes the House
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to make permanent a tax break for companies who invest in research and development.
Read MoreNew York: Concrete jungle where self-sufficient dreams are made of green roofs, streets that become gardens
What would New York City (home to some of the world’s tallest and newest skyscrapers) look like if its steely skyline was suddenly green?
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
Read MoreNow available—Hench lecture on ‘Innovative ceramic technologies to change the world’
The most popular CTT story in the last year or so was Peter Wray’s story about Novamin 45S5 Bioglass in…
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Other materials stories that may be of interest for May 13, 2013.
Read MoreBiocompatible glass-ceramic implants may help hips live past expiration dates
A new biocompatible glass ceramic implant technology may be able to replace metal acetabular cups in hip implants and improve flexibility and implant lifetime in hip replacement patients.
Read MoreCalifornia fried chicken? Super solar plant singes wings and blinds pilots with its 300,000-plus mirrors
The bright lights of Las Vegas have long lit up the desert. But a new solar power plant near the California-Nevada border—the largest on the planet—is providing new illumination in the midst of the Mojave.
Read MorePotters Council and AACS: Where art and science connect
What do cutting-edge materials research and the investigation of ancient ceramics have in common? More than you might think, and…
Read More‘Fastenating’—The art of making and testing ceramic screws (with video)
Researchers are testing a variety of ceramic screws to model stress distributions in service.
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