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Other materials science stories that may be of interest
Fabrican has developed spray-on clothing. Check ’em out: Inspiring interfaces: The arts and social sciences communities could enhance the commercial prospects…
Read MoreUnderstanding ideal glass structure could be key to doubling glass strength
No more broken glass? Theoretical work by researchers at Rice University shows the potential for doubling the strength of glass.…
Read MoreProtocells: A versatile drug delivery platform using peptide-targeted mesoporous silica nanoparticle-supported lipid bilayers
In traditional drug delivery approaches, only a small amount of the drug reaches the part of the body where it…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory worlds
• A sand mine in a small west coast of Scotland village has reopened and aims to export up to…
Read MoreJapan’s leaders do u-turn, water down nuclear ban policy
When Japan’s government last week suddenly announced that it would phase out its nuclear power plants by 2040, it probably…
Read MoreStrain relaxation in epitaxial thin film cobaltite by ferromagnetic ordering
Bulk and “unbulk” materials behave very differently, which has led to some useful applications and a lot of very interesting…
Read MoreMTC video: How glass–ceramic products can be machined, polished
Credit: Morgan Ceramics; YouTube I’ve known for some time that glass–ceramic products can be machined, but I actually have never…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: BASF building production plant for specialty zeolites in Ludwigshafen, Germany (MaterialsViews) BASF is investing…
Read MoreACerS’ ceramicSOURCE directory: One-stop marketplace for seekers, suppliers of ceramic-related goods and services
It’s time for my annual plug for The American Ceramic Society’s great “marketplace” tool—the “ceramicSOURCE‘ directory. Actually, ceramicSOURCE is two…
Read More‘Engineering Guy’s’ videos form nice resource for entry-level science, materials instruction
There apparently are a number of readers of this blog who are always on the search for videos to introduce…
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