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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By April Gocha / June 26, 2015

NexTech scores NASA contract, Sacmi and Sasil transform glass waste into raw materials, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for June 26, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / June 9, 2015

Microscopic sonic screwdrivers, boosting additive manufacturing, black phosphorous’s secrets, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 9, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / December 17, 2014

Imaging inside of materials, magnetite structure surprises, nanoshaping methods, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 17, 2014.

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Micro-LAM saves manufacturers time, money, and diamonds

By April Gocha / July 29, 2014

Scientists at Western Michigan University’s Manufacturing Research Center have come up with a better solution to machining materials by incorporating lasers with diamond machining tools to help do the dirty work.

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Carbon nanotube–ceramic coatings up to the task of measuring high-power laser output

By Eileen De Guire / April 25, 2013

Micrograph of one strand of a new spray-on super-nanotube composite developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University. A ceramic shell surrounds the multiwall…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By / October 30, 2012

This 3D image of a ceramic composite specimen imaged under load at 1,750°C shows the detailed fracture patterns that LBNL researchers are able to view using ALS Beamline 8.3.2. The…

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‘Engineering Guy’s’ videos form nice resource for entry-level science, materials instruction

By / September 19, 2012

Fiber optic cables: How they work. Credit: EngineeringGuy.com. There apparently are a number of readers of this blog who are always on the search for videos to introduce basic materials…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / July 30, 2012

An artist’s representation of the proposed on-chip laser design, created via transfer printing of photonic crystal between layers of silicon nanomembrane. Credit: Hongjun Yang. Check ’em out: Printed photonic crystal mirrors…

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