Ceramic Tech Today

McIlvaine predicts Japan’s nuclear problems will lead to $200B shift to alternative sources

By / April 22, 2011

Credit: McIlvaine Company. (h/t to GlobalSpec) Not unpredictably, Japan’s ongoing nuclear problems are going to reshape how nations allocate their future energy investments, and a new report from McIlvaine Company estimates…

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Sensitive sensor-packed microchip and new analytical model could test 100,000 protein–drug interactions in minutes

By / April 22, 2011

A microchip with a nanosensor array (orange squares) is shown with a different protein (various colors) attached to each sensor. Four proteins of a potential medication (blue Y-shapes), with magnetic…

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Advanced materials opportunity: ARPA-E offers new $130M round of high-risk, high-reward funding

By / April 20, 2011

One of the projects ARPA-E is seeking to fund are alternatives to five key at-risk rare earth elements. Credit: DOE, “Critical Materials Strategy.” The DOE announced today that it is…

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Ceramic and glass business news from this week

By / April 20, 2011

Here’s what we are being told: Capital Refractories has new salesperson, Peruvian distributor The company is pleased to announce the employment of Mr. Anthony Day. Day brings with him a wealth…

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Some U.S. battery companies responding to microhybrid demand

By / April 20, 2011

Peugeot 308 e-HDi microhybrid, just put on the European market. Credit: Peugeot. Continuing on the theme of PHEVs versus microhybrid vehicles, it’s interesting to look at what two companies based in…

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PHEVs? Lux still prefers e-bikes and microhybrid markets

By / April 19, 2011

E-bikes are growing in popularity in China’s urban areas, and many other countries. Credit: Vmenkov, Wikipedia. In contrast to DOE’s continuing efforts to accelerate the use of plug-in hybrid electric…

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DOE adds support for electric vehicle infrastructure with new $5M program, Google project

By / April 19, 2011

Credit: DOE, GeoEVSE. The DOE’s conference-call news conference today was FUBAR’d, apparently for technical reasons, so some of the facts that follow might not be totally right. Thus forewarned, I…

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Monday materials fun — keeping up with Apple, note for note

By / April 18, 2011

How one markets an alternative to a total Gorilla Glass case for smartphones … (BTW, stick with this one. Besides being very clever, the explanation comes at the very end).…

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OSU says two advanced-engineered ceramic coatings provide better resistance to volcanic ash

By / April 15, 2011

Photograph of the Eyjafjallajökull ash cloud. OSU researchers have discovered that a new class of ceramic coatings could offer jet engines special protection against volcanic ash damage in the future.…

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Netherlands team exploits particle interplay, develops ITO stand-in

By / April 14, 2011

Four-point conductivity measurement of the new transparent conducting film developed by Cor Koning (left) and Paul van der Schoot (right). Credit: Bart van Overbeeke, TU/e. According to a news release,…

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