During the summer of 2012, SURF participant and MIT student Sam Evans studied the magnetic susceptibility of certain nanoparticles at low temperature. Credit: NIST. A public service announcement for NIST:…
Read MoreIn this TED talk Salman Khan says that as a hedge fund analyst it was “very strange for me to do something of social value.” Credit: TED; YouTube. About a…
Read MoreWhile manganese (blue) fills out this lithium ion battery nanoparticle evenly, nickel (green) clumps in certain regions, interfering with the material’s smooth operation. Credit: Chongmin Wang; PNNL. Lots of good…
Read MoreDid you know that the word “refractory” means “durable, stubborn?” I learned that from the outstanding video “Taming the Flame” produced by The Refractories Institute. The eight-minute video provides…
Read MoreDuane DeBastiani gave a presentation about Vesuvius and its technologies. Credit: Zhu; Vesuvius. Editor’s note: The student tour to a local ceramics business has become a favorite tradition at MS&T.…
Read MoreHave a look at what’s happening. MTC reduced, reused, recycled and reorganized their way to an 8,000 square feet expansion of production capability without increasing the building’s footprint. Credit: MTC.…
Read MoreMaterials research is getting a nice shot in the arm with Eastman Chemical Co. and North Carolina State University reaching agreement on a new six-year, $10 million multidisciplinary research project. A joint…
Read MoreLudo Frevel The International Centre for Diffraction Data is looking for promising graduate students who are interested in crystallography-oriented research to apply for scholarships under its Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Fund. ICCD…
Read MoreThe physics of football. Credit: Ainissa Ramirez; You Tube. Today is the start of the Labor Day weekend, and The American Ceramic Society extends its best wishes to all who…
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