Materials 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…
Read MoreUPDATE: We just got word that the July 16 webinar has been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 21 at 9:00 a.m. PDT. So, it’s not too late if you were on…
Read MoreLeft, 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…
Read MoreJuan 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…
Read MoreInvited 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…
Read MorePeter 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…
Read MoreThe Refractories Institute, one of ACerS’ allies in the field of promoting interest in refractory ceramic science and engineering, issued two announcements about the organization this week. The first is…
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