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By Eileen De Guire / March 13, 2013

8 Kliment Ohridski BlvdSofia, 1756Bulgaria P: + 359 2 846 74 79 www.uctm.edu/enversion The University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy – Sofia /UCTM/ is a state higher-education institution which is…

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NTSB 787 battery

By / January 31, 2013

Do not know root cause of battery failures. Far more serious than people can appreciate. NTSB chair Deborah Hersman: “Fire was present. Signs of thermal runaway and short-circuiting. There are…

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NTSB 787 battery

By / January 31, 2013

Do not know root cause of battery failures. Far more serious than people can appreciate. NTSB chair Deborah Hersman: “Fire was present. Signs of thermal runaway and short-circuiting. There are…

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Video: New nuclear fuel rod ‘jacket?’ EWI’s SiC joined-tube samples stable in MIT research reactor for six months

By Eileen De Guire / October 19, 2012

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/ed_herderick_ewi_sic_cladding.flv mode=1 f={image=https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/ed_herderick_ewi_sic_cladding.jpg}] According to EWI researcher Edward Herderick, the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant presents a key question to the materials community. He asks, “Are…

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Saxon Glass Technologies, Inc.

By / October 10, 2012
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By / July 31, 2012

You must be a member of The American Ceramic Society to view this content. Login or join today. To learn more about all ACerS has to offer, review the new…

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Good morning. Ah, a wormhole is still causing havoc in Houston

By / July 9, 2012

With all the focus on the search for the Higgs boson and dark matter, it is easy to forget that this vortex has been swirling in a Houston, Texas, community…

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Friday fun video—Gravity-defying Slinky

By Eileen De Guire / June 29, 2012

Is the gravity still turned on? A free falling Slinky appears to defy the laws of physics. Or does it? Credit: You Tube. This video (about 6 minutes) of a…

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On thinking

By Eileen De Guire / November 17, 2011

Rodin’s bronze and marble sculpture, The Thinker. How does he do it? Credit: Wikipedia. Most of us think for a living. Our outputs—experiments, talks, papers, etc.—are evidence of our having…

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Much ado about nothing … and the study thereof

By Eileen De Guire / November 10, 2011

Being neither a physicist nor a mathematician, Shakespeare probably knew very little about nothing. This painting of the Bard is hanging in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Credit: Wikipedia Try…

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