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Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Check ’em out: How to increase the data storage density of HDDs: Just add salt A team of researchers from…
Read MoreThe Solyndra effect—Fruity thinking on federal nuclear startup loan guarantees
Southern Company, a Georgia utility, is building a new nuclear power plant with the help of a federal loan guarantee.…
Read MoreLadies and Gentlemen—Start your pyrheliometers!
If you have one, you probably were at the 16th annual convening of the NREL Pyrheliometer Comparisons in October in…
Read MoreSGT initiates Pilkington early career award
The Society of Glass Technology announced that it is beginning an “early career” biennial £1000 award (about $1,600) to promote…
Read MoreNERSC also partnering in ‘Materials Project’ effort
Kristin Persson is one of the experts behind the Materials Project, the new computational tool aimed at taking the guesswork…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here’s what we are hearing (some information based on news releases): Sandia National Labs presents H.C. Starck with supplier award…
Read MoreWith ‘Materials Project,’ DOE and MIT launch new materials properties search engine
The details on this are a little skimpy at this point, however the DOE caught my attention this afternoon when…
Read More‘Pin art’ gadgetry used to make curvy glass sheets
The southern elevation of architect Frank Gehry’s design for the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Nev.,…
Read MoreEasy catch: Ion exchange traps radioisotopes in titanate-based nanofibers
Professor Zhu of Queensland University of Technology shows jars of sodium titanate nanofibers and nanotubes that pull radioactive cesium and…
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