Basic science

Video: Corning on manufacturing optical fiber

By / August 7, 2012

Corning’s media department continues to crank out some very good, brief videos on the company’s glass and ceramics technologies. “At the Speed of Light” is one of the latest examples…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / August 2, 2012

Here’s what we are hearing: Morgan Technical Ceramics’ bioceramic hip joints improve quality of life for patients Vitox AMC, an alumina matrix composite bioceramic material for hip joints from Morgan…

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Society gains new awards through generosity of Cooper, Varshneya families

By / August 1, 2012

Left, Arun and Darshana Varshneya, and right, Lora Cooper Rothen and Reldon Cooper. Because of the kindness and philanthropy of two families who had already given much support to The…

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NSF’s seeking proposals, making investment in sustainable chemistry, engineering and materials

By Ashley White / July 31, 2012

The National Science Foundation has announced a cross-directorate initiative in Sustainable Chemistry, Engineering, and Materials. Created in response to the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (which called for NSF…

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NSF professional development workshop for assistant professors and postdocs

By Eileen De Guire / July 26, 2012

Juan Nino, associate professor at the University of Florida, describes his research at an NSF workshop for principle investigators in June. The NSF is sponsoring another workshop in August early-career…

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High critical current density doped pnictide superconductors

By Eileen De Guire / July 25, 2012

High critical current density doped ferropnictide superconductors. (a) Magneto-optical image of a rectangular slab of (Ba0.6K0.4)Fe2As2 bulk material after zero field cooling the sample to 10 K and applying 167…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / July 23, 2012

Take a break and take a look: China cuts rare earth mining rights by half to aid consolidation (Bloomberg/Businessweek) – China, the supplier of 90 percent of the world’s rare…

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ICC4 Day 5 and parting thoughts

By Lee Leonard / July 20, 2012

Invited speaker Ashok Khandkar, from BloXR, discussed innovations in ceramic materials for biomedical applications. Credit: Russell Lee Leonard, ACerS. Thursday was the final day for the 4th International Conference on…

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The end of ICC4 and my first blogging experience

By Bobby Harl / July 20, 2012

Peter Wray delivers the recap on the Security & Strategic Materials talks given at ICC4. Credit: Bobby Harl, ACerS. It is hard to believe ICC4 is already over, and I’m…

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The ICC4 gala, art included.

By Bobby Harl / July 19, 2012

Francesca Casadio talks to the ICC4 participants about her research on Picasso’s materials. Credit: Bobby Harl, ACerS. Wednesday night has arrived, the night of the ICC4 gala. When I was…

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