The new online version of The American Ceramic Society’s ceramicSOURCE directory has been well received and is constantly available for new entries and updating. However, if you or your company…
Read MoreCheck ’em out: Profile of the Department for Nanostructured Materials at the Jozef Stefan Institute (Slovenia): An evolution of a ceramics department Study indicates that titanium oxide nanoparticles cause brain damage…
Read MoreRibbon-cutting ceremony of Ft. Carson (Colo.) solar array. Credit: Army. Apparently the beginning of this effort was announced at a conference last month, but I recently learned (h/t TPMIdeaLab) that…
Read MoreCredit: ARMINES/MINES ParisTech/CEP. A push like this in Europe was bound to happen sooner or later, and part of me thinks it would have been smart for the US, via…
Read MoreCredit: NREL. About a week ago, Boulder Wind Power, a maker of a direct-drive system with what’s been described as a low-speed permanent magnet generator for utility-scale wind turbines, announced that it…
Read MoreLiquid Wall Prototype for Innovate:Integrate Exhibition from arbuckle industries on Vimeo. This video features one example of the innovative architectural structural design opportunities emerging from the availability of ultra-high-performance concrete.…
Read MoreNew 3M micro milling media is alternative to YSZ. Credit: 3M. Glasstec and Solarpeq return in 2012 Glasstec 2012, the international trade fair for glass production, processing and products and…
Read MoreCredit: stearns.house.gov. Not unexpectedly, the Solyndra investigation threatens to be poisoned by the unfolding political theatrics. Although I am as curious as the next guy to find out what, if…
Read MorePleotint window on left darkened to neutral-gray tint as heat load increased. On the right, the window has returned to clearest state as direct sunlight decreased. Credit: PPG Industries I’ve…
Read MoreHere’s what we are hearing: Duo’s chemistry makes it possible: natural gas produced from biomass H.C. Starck and Clausthaler Umwelttechnik-Institut (Germany) have joined forces to successfully develop a completely new…
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