Here is what we are hearing: Spanish ceramic tile manufacturers are, once again, the largest presence at the trade fair February 7-10 are the dates for the 30th edition of…
Read MoreCheck ’em out: High-speed CMOS sensors are used here to control production machinery. Credit: Fraunhofer IMS. High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images CMOS image sensors have long been the solution…
Read MoreA dynamic luminous LED ceiling gives office workers a feeling of working under an open sky. Credit: Fraunhofer IAO. If rainy days and Mondays get you down, a remedy is…
Read MoreProfessor Zhu of Queensland University of Technology shows jars of sodium titanate nanofibers and nanotubes that pull radioactive cesium and iodine isotopes from contaminated water by ion exchange. Credit: QUT…
Read MoreCheck ’em out: Global support for nuclear energy drops after Fukushima Quantum behavior with a flash: Pulsed quantum optomechanics Europeans reignite fusion energy project: The test of a new lining…
Read MoreOpen vistas characterize the just-renovated headquarters of ASM International in Novelty, Ohio. The glass-sheathed, semicircular building was built in 1959. Apple proposes to build a much larger circular, glass-sheathed building…
Read MoreRepresentation of Caltech team’s simulations of a 2.0 nm-diameter carbon nanotube, revealing confined water molecules. Credit: Tod Pascal, Caltech. A recent issue of PNAS had an intriguing article that discusses the interplay…
Read MoreCarbon-coated sand improves purification of drinking water Where’s the octopus? Yacht designers turn to Zircotec’s ceramic technology for durability & performance gains Poneman to lead interagency delegation to Brasília to…
Read MoreCredit: DTRA. We received the following from the DOD Basic and Applied Sciences Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency: DTRA’s mission is to safeguard America and its allies from Weapons of Mass…
Read MoreKaren Scrivener, right, received the Della Roy Lecture Award from Maria Juenger at the Cements Division meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Credit: P. Wray, ACerS. At the recently concluded Advances in…
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