Ceramic Tech Today

Metamaterial discovery could improve light collection for solar cells

By / April 28, 2010

Caltech researchers, led by Harry Atwater, have engineered a type of metamaterial that allows it to bend light in part of the visible spectrum from nearly any angle toward an…

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Earth Day giveaway ends tomorrow!

By / April 28, 2010

Who would pass up the opportunity to win a solar-powered robot, hydro clocks and hydrogen powered remote control cars? Apparently, YOU! Don’t miss this fun opportunity to share your experience…

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Video of the week: Prashant Kumta on nanoceramics for bone regeneration and protein transport

By / April 28, 2010

ACerS Fellow Prashant Kumta has been a pioneer in the use of nanoceramic materials for bone regeneration and to bind and transport proteins and protein-like substances into cells. Kumta, who…

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DOE announces $200M for solar and water power technologies

By / April 22, 2010

In celebration of Earth day, the DOE announced today that it will invest over $200 million to the development of solar and water power technologies. “Expanding the U.S. clean-energy manufacturing…

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Earth Day Review – Photovoltaic energy advances

By / April 22, 2010

Photovoltaic energy systems are getting cheaper and more powerful. Materials researchers are racing to understand energy generation and transfer at the nano and atomic levels. They are also working with…

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Earth Day 2010 Materials Difference Diary: Tell us how new materials are improving the environment – and win!

By / April 22, 2010

Back when Earth Day started 40 years ago, people interested in chemistry, physics and engineering were often associated with gas guzzlers, DDT, napalm and weaponry: Back then, new materials were perceived…

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Earth Day Review: Fuel Cells

By / April 21, 2010

Fuel cells will be playing a role in cleaner energy production and energy storage, and produce only a fraction of the CO2 that other fossil fuel energy production technologies currently…

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Counter crystal seeding phenomenon reported

By / April 21, 2010

The “seed effect” of nucleation in liquids is well known: When liquids come in contact with solids, the crystalline surface can induce layering of the adjacent atoms in the liquid…

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ACerS Earth Day contest is coming!

By / April 21, 2010

Stay tuned! ACerS has big plans for Earth Day 2010 , considering ceramics play such an important and integral part of renewable energy and earth friendliness. Visit Ceramic Tech Today…

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Video of the week: Linda Jones on high temperature oxidation and corrosion of ceramics and glass

By / April 21, 2010

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/linda_jones.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/linda_jones.jpg}] ACerS Fellow Linda Jones is the Hewlett Professor of Engineering at Smith College. Through much of her career, Jones has focused on how materials behave when…

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