Ceramic Tech Today

Trends in innovation and regulation of ceramics for biomedical applications

By Eileen De Guire / December 17, 2013

  A tenacious wound healed with Mo-Sci’s DermaFuse bioglass. Credit: Mo-Sci. Most people think of “health care professionals” as their physicians, nurses, therapists, and other health care staff. However, many…

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What is a ceramic engineer?

By Eileen De Guire / December 10, 2013

What makes someone a ceramic materials engineer or scientist? The Society was founded 115 years ago to meet the professional needs of those who worked on ceramic and glass materials, a mission that is still valid.

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Video: Atoms make ‘the world’s smallest stop-motion film’

By Jim Destefani / December 10, 2013

Last spring, scientists at IBM’s Research Laboratories in San Jose, Calif., used a scanning tunneling microscope to create what Guinness World Records has certified as “the world’s smallest stop-motion film.”

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / December 10, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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Ping! Mary Barra named GM’s CEO-designate

By Eileen De Guire / December 10, 2013

Mary Barra will take over as CEO of General Motors in January. An electrical engineer, she began her career as a co-op student at GM.

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NIST team wins 80M hours of supercomputer time for concrete rheometer study

By Eileen De Guire / December 6, 2013

A NIST team has been awarded 40 million hours of computer time per year for two years to support the study of the design of rheometers for large-particle dense suspensions such as concrete.

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Start 2014 strong at ICACC—science and tech, expo, special forums, short course, more!

By Eileen De Guire / December 6, 2013

An action-packed 38th ICACC January 26–31 will have plenary and award speakers, 13 technical symposia, four focus sessions, a Global Young Investigators Forum, 2nd Pacific Rim Engineering Ceramics Summit, Expo, and a short course on mechanical properties.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Jim Destefani / December 6, 2013

Ceramics and glass business news of the week.

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Video: Tapping into source of tiny bubbles

By Jim Destefani / December 5, 2013

Applied here to study the phenomenon of a “tapped” beer bottle spewing its contents everywhere, fluid dynamics may also result in better materials for cavitation environments.

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Video: 3D printed holiday fun from GE Research

By Jim Destefani / December 3, 2013

General Electric, one of the world’s largest proponents of 3D printing, is celebrating the holiday season with a special “3D on D3” event on its Edison’s Desk research blog.

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