One type of cage structure around the spin-density of one electron in a model of cement-based semiconducting metallic glass (gray=Al; green=Ca; and red=O). Credit: Akola et al.; Argonne National Lab.…
Read More(a) Photograph of new UFAs with diverse shapes; (b) a 100 cm3 cylinder standing on a flower like “dog’s tail”; (c) a ~1000 cm3 pie pan-shaped cylinder (21 cm in diameter…
Read MoreExamples of star-shaped waves resulting from vibrations in a tank containing liquid oil. Credit Rajchenbach et al., APS. Today I am linking to videos mainly because they are cool and…
Read More[flash http://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/2013_shot_glass2.flv mode=1 f={image=http://ceramictechweekly.org/wp-content/video/2013_shot_glass.jpg}] One of the highlights of the Expo each year during the ICACC conference is the Shot Glass Drop Competition sponsored by the Schott North America. The…
Read MoreTwo new developments and announcements related to graphene research indicate that the European region is more than ever committed to major R&D work with the extraordinary material. The first development…
Read MoreBack in October, Corning held its second “Advancing the Vision” symposium in Palo Alto, Calif., to hear from a broad and select field of advanced technology consumers (e.g., advanced medical,…
Read MoreA perfectly good glass bottle can be broken by the force exerted by collapsing bubbles. A team of BYU fluid dynamics graduate students took the time to figure out how.…
Read MoreAt $299 this is pretty pricey, however, I think the Nectar Mobile Power System, based on a mini solid oxide fuel cell that Lillipution Systems introduced this week at the CES show,…
Read MoreJust as I finished my previous story on Gorilla Glass 3, Corning began a video dump onto YouTube. The one above is about the ion exchange chemical strengthening I wrote…
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