Ceramic Tech Today

ARPA-E announce summit program, keynote speakers

By / January 18, 2011

Speaking of energy innovators, ARPA-E today released more details about its Energy Innovation Summit scheduled for Feb. 28-March 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Besides those names that were a given…

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Competition announced for refractories-based Gustav Eirich Awards

By / January 18, 2011

Two Germany entities, the Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich Company of Hardheim and the European Center for Refractories (ECRef) of Hohr-Grenzhausen have announced the opening of a competition for the Gustav Eirich…

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GE launches latest round of $200M Ecomagination Challenge

By / January 18, 2011

I am a week late on getting this news out, so in all likelihood this is old news. Anyway, GE has unveiled the 2011 version of its $200 million Ecomagination…

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Superconducting, nonsuperconducting states of cuprates ‘not that different’

By / January 17, 2011

A new story in Science reports that an international team of researchers have been able to turn a non-superconducting form of copper oxide into a superconductor using a strong laser…

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Monday materials fun – the father of gesture-sensing technology

By / January 17, 2011

Microsoft’s Kinect technology looks like a success, and it looks like Apple and other groups close to Apple are going to tease us with rumors about remote gesture controls in…

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Rice group: Silica + titania = cheap, green, improved water purification

By / January 17, 2011

Tanzania water source. Credit: Bob Metcalf I don’t have enough historical perspective to know if this is truly a eureka moment or not, but a group from Rice University reports…

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PBS, NSF to launch four-part materials science extravaganza Jan. 19

By / January 14, 2011

Like materials science? I am assuming you do if you read this blog. So, believe me when I say you should plan on tuning into your local PBS station and…

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Some industry news from this week

By / January 14, 2011

On the business side of things: H.C. Starck and Cabot announce patent cross-license agreement on tantalum, niobium powder technology Z-Wave makes headway in home energy, via Verizon UltraCell inks deal…

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Rolla hospital’s cancer institute named for ceramist Delbert Day

By / January 13, 2011

Ted Day, left, with father Delbert Day. Nice honors for a good guy! The Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo., announced yesterday that it is naming its new cancer…

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NPR: Haitians take rubble removal into own hands

By / January 13, 2011

(Credit: Jonathan Pankau/Wikimedia Commons.) Last week we had about a report from researchers at Georgia Tech who show how concrete rubble from the earthquake can be safely recycled into stronger…

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