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Materials, moustache smart mirrors, and more find buzz on the CES 2015 floor

By Jessica McMathis / January 11, 2015

What’s hot in consumer electronics? Jessica rounds up some of the most buzzed-about technologies and products unveiled on the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show floor.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By April Gocha / December 12, 2014

CoorsTek to acquire Japanese ceramics manufacturer, Purdue and GE form advanced manufacturing collaboration, prices to increase for raw materials, ceramic proppant plant to close, and other ceramics and glass business news of the week for December 12, 2014.

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Metamaterial silicon polarizers may provide brighter displays with less energy drain

By April Gocha / December 4, 2014

Researchers at the University of Utah have designed a new metamaterial polarizer that redirects, rather than blocks, incident light waves—a development that has potential to make future devices much more energy-efficient.

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Corning debuts strongest glass yet with new Gorilla Glass 4

By April Gocha / November 21, 2014

Corning unveiled the latest and toughest version of its infamous Gorilla Glass yesterday, and the new Gorilla Glass 4 promises to be two times tougher than any competitive cover glass on the market.

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Video: With ceramics, all things are possible—including the new Apple iPhone 6

By April Gocha / September 18, 2014

A video from the American Chemical Society Reactions series explains some of the components inside smartphones—including how ceramics help make all that sweet technology possible.

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Corning’s new glass surfaces say sayonara to screen glare, grime, and reflection

By April Gocha / August 8, 2014

If screen glare leaves you vexed at bright light, the scientists at Corning have some screen solutions—antireflective, antiglare, and easy-to-clean—that they hope will make you squint no more.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By April Gocha / July 4, 2014

Ceramics and glass business news of the week for July 4, 2014.

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Gorilla Glass is getting an upgrade, and so is your smartphone—to genius status

By April Gocha / July 1, 2014

Scientists at Corning Inc. and Polytechnique Montreal in Canada have debuted a new technology that will undoubtedly put see-through sensors right into the glass of your soon-to-be-smarter smartphone.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / June 11, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for June 11, 2014.

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Patents suggest Apple iPhone 6 may have transparent texting on smudge-proof sapphire screens

By April Gocha / March 29, 2014

With the Apple iPhone 6 set for release later this year, the rumors have begun–the latest patent applications suggest transparent texting technology and smudge-proof sapphire screens.

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