Ceramic Tech Today

Ceramic nanogrid photocatalysts clean up with sunlight

By Jim Destefani / December 3, 2013

A novel, self-supporting copper tungsten oxide nanogrid photocatalyst can break down spilled oil, leaving behind only biodegradable compounds.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / December 2, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By Jim Destefani / December 2, 2013

News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Jim Destefani / November 27, 2013

Ceramics and glass business news of the week

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Books, bionics, and boys—Boing-Boing the Bionic Cat series by Larry Hench

By Eileen De Guire / November 27, 2013

Larry Hench wrote a series of children’s books to show how scientists and engineers contribute solutions to real human problems.

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In ancient and modern times, ceramics deliver wine to the feast

By Eileen De Guire / November 26, 2013

Archaeologists have excavated an ancient wine cellar filled with ceramic jars. Meanwhile, a modern California winery is bottling wine in ceramic bottles.

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December ACerS Bulletin and ceramicSOURCE directory

By Jim Destefani / November 25, 2013

Hitting mailboxes soon, the December issue of the ACerS Bulletin is a keeper—it features our annual ceramicSOURCE directory, your comprehensive guide to suppliers of ceramic materials, production equipment, services, and more.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / November 25, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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Remembering AU professor and potter Val Cushing

By Eileen De Guire / November 22, 2013

Val Cushing, Alfred University College of Ceramics professor emeritus, died Nov. 17 and had a long relationship with the American Ceramic Society.

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MCARE 2014: Focus on new materials for alternative energy

By Jim Destefani / November 22, 2013

Building off the success of previous editions, MCARE 2014 is tightly focused on emerging materials technologies aimed at the challenges of renewable and alternative energy technologies ranging from solar to energy storage, hydrogen, photonic and photovoltaic nanowires and nanocomposites, biomass, and natural gas.

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