Two 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 MoreHigh-efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells developed at Empa. Credit: Empa. (From Materials Views) Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have developed thin film solar…
Read MoreMore than 250 people are here at the 2013 Electronic Materials and Applications currently underway in Orlando, Fla. It still feels like a small, intimate meeting even though organizers expanded…
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These were, at least, interesting to me: MIT researchers discover a new kind of magnetism Following up on earlier theoretical predictions, MIT researchers have now demonstrated experimentally the existence of…
Read MoreL.K. Sharma (Joint Secretary of InCerS and Scientist-in-Charge of India’s Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute), second from left, greeted the ACerS delegation visiting India, which includes Jay Singh (left),…
Read MoreThe International Commission on Glass and Wiley are offering a relatively new book that is meant to serve as an introduction for undergraduate and graduate students to the burgeoning field…
Read More• A report by Visiongain indicates that the global glass packaging market will reach a value of $36.8 billion in 2013. This growth is as a result of the emerging…
Read MoreMarija Kosec, from lecture, “Towards small size ferroelectrics” (click on image to watch). I have received several inquiries about the possible death of Marija Kosec. Unfortunately, Kosec indeed died in…
Read MoreUniversity of Southampton (UK) scientist, Gilberto Brambilla, developed the strongest, lightest known silica glass nanofibers. Credit: U. Southampton. It looks like a team of optoelectronics researchers from the University of…
Read MoreHere is what we are hearing: Netzsch to supply SpaceX’s thermal analysis lab Netzsch Instruments North America LLC is proud to announce that it is currently the sole supplier to…
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