Archive for 2014
Survey: Americans mostly cool with science, so long as it doesn’t mess with grandma
Pew Research Center, in partnership with Smithsonian Magazine, asked Americans what they think about science, and their answers—which range from optimistic to downright dismal—may shock (or entertain) you.
Read MorePhotocatalysis for clean water—Putting sunshine to work for health and safety
Addressing the global water crisis, a recent paper in Catalysis Science & Technology reviews the current status of solar disinfection technology.
Read MoreCeramic rhapsody: Ceramics are often unrecognized in the world around us, including in pavement markings
Ceramics and glass are integral but unrecognized in a large proportion of our daily lives, including in pavement markings.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Read MoreTouchscreen warfare, passive purification, patent law, and glass strengthening in the May ACerS Bulletin—now online!
The May issue of the ACerS Bulletin is now available online—check out all the great content that fills this month’s pages!
Read MoreCeramics Expo 2015: Five things you need to know
As founding partner of Ceramics Expo (April 28–30, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio), ACerS is, in the words of Emeril Lagasse, “kicking it up a notch.”
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world
Read MoreIt’s getting hot in here: Flexible glass-fabric thermoelectric generator converts body heat to electric energy
A team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed an “extremely light and flexible” glass fabric-based thermoelectric (TE) generator that not only moves with you, but harnesses heat from the human body while doing so.
Read MoreTo tweet or retreat? Survey shows researchers aren’t tapping in to social media’s powers of dissemination
A new paper by a Michigan State University (MSU) researcher suggests that university scholars have all-but-ignored social networks in distributing scientific findings and connecting with their tweet-happy, tech-savvy students.
Read MoreAdvanced ceramic materials may provide hydrogen storage solution for fuel cells
A team of UCSD scientists, led by Olivia Graeve, has detailed a novel combustion synthesis technique to generate advanced ceramic materials for hydrogen storage applications for fuel cell technologies.
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