Ceramic Tech Today

Volvo begins preparing C30 electric–gasoline-powered fuel cell combo

By / November 5, 2010

At the Paris Motor Show last month, Volvo announced that their C30 electric model was ready for delivery. But, the company is already adding a major new feature – a…

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Video of the week: Ceramics and ceramic engineering at Missouri S&T

By / November 4, 2010

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/mizzou_st_ceramics.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/mizzou_st_ceramics.jpg}] Although this video is a little old, the age isn’t obvious (other than a few hints in some of the captions) and it remains a great…

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OSU group studies aging of Li-ion batteries

By / November 4, 2010

Ohio State University’s Center for Automotive Research is studying why batteries lose their ability to hold a charge as they age. In collaboration with ORNL and NIST, the group is…

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Materials stories that may also be of interest

By / November 2, 2010

At the end of each week, I end up with a list of a bunch of stories I started to write about, or started to investigate or didn’t even get…

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Lux: Existing nanotech could slash energy use by 12% in U.S., Germany and Japan

By / November 2, 2010

R50 vacuum insulation panel, 30x48x1 inch. Credit: ThermalVisions. Nano R&D is opening up new energy-conservation vistas, but a new report from Lux Research claims that the adoption of existing nano-enabled…

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Clemson breaks ground on 15-MW wind turbine testing facility

By / November 1, 2010

Dignitaries shovel sand to celebrate the beginning of construction for the new wind turbine drive train testing facility. Left to right: Clemson University Board of Trustees chairman David Wilkins, S.C.…

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Cement usage still coming under fire for role in Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill

By / October 28, 2010

Credit: Coast Guard. I wrote about this issue back in May and June, and now the lead investigator of the presidential commission investigating the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the…

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Beth Judson, husband die in plane crash (updated)

By / October 27, 2010

Ceramist, materials engineer and university-business technology partnership expert Beth Judson and her husband, Jim, were killed Tuesday when their plane crashed north of Tupelo, Miss. The news of her death…

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John Marra to discuss advanced ceramics and nuclear energy at Alfred U.’s McMahon lecture Nov. 4

By / October 27, 2010

Alfred University has selected nuclear power expert and ACerS leader John Marra give the Inamori School of Engineering’s 2010 John F. McMahon annual lecture. Marra will speak at 11:20 a.m., Nov.…

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Pore-enhanced silicon used to increase capacity of Li-ion batteries

By / October 27, 2010

Top and side view of etched silicon battery material. (Credit: Rice Univ.) According to a press release, a team of Rice University and Lockheed Martin scientists has discovered a way…

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