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Latin America—Indigenous invention, plus more inside October/November 2020 ACerS Bulletin

By Lisa McDonald / September 24, 2020

The October/November 2020 issue of the ACerS Bulletin—featuring an overview of research and markets in Latin America—is now available online. Plus—remembering Ted Day

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teacher looking at kit at CPD

Business investment in materials science education is investment in future

By Faye Oney / February 17, 2017

Supporting materials science education is a worthwhile investment for businesses in the science industry. The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation provides an affordable way for companies to sponsor high school science curriculums at the local level with its Materials Science Classroom Kits.

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‘Tis the season for giving—Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation will quadruple your gift with special opportunity

By Stephanie Liverani / December 22, 2015

In the spirit of the giving season, Ted Day, chair of the CGIF and president and CEO of Mo-Sci Corporation, will “match dollar-for-dollar all gifts of $1,000 or more to the CGIF (up to $100,000 total) from now until December 31, 2015,” he wrote in a recent letter to current and future donors.

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Getting down to business—Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation’s first Board of Trustees meeting lays groundwork for initial programs

By Eileen De Guire / April 29, 2015

On Monday, the Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation Board of Trustees met in Cleveland, Ohio, marking the next important step in the Foundation’s growth.

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Trends in innovation and regulation of ceramics for biomedical applications

By Eileen De Guire / December 17, 2013

  A tenacious wound healed with Mo-Sci’s DermaFuse bioglass. Credit: Mo-Sci. Most people think of “health care professionals” as their physicians, nurses, therapists, and other health care staff. However, many…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / November 20, 2012

In the spirit of the Thankgiving Day feast, we offer a wide sampling of interesting and perhaps unexpected stories to fill your intellectual palate. Mo-Sci breaks ground for new industrial…

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R&D 100 winners to speak at Ceramic Leadership Summit

By Eileen De Guire / June 23, 2011

R&D 100 Award winners: George Wicks (left) and SRNL team members pictured with flame-former apparatus. Credit: ORNL and ACerS Bulletin. For the last 49 years, the science and engineering community…

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Revolution in wound care? Inexpensive, easy-to-use cotton candy-like glass fibers appear to speed healing in initial venous stasis wound trial

By Yoko Co / May 3, 2011

May 3, 2011 (click for PDF version) WESTERVILLE, OH — Imagine a battlefield medic or emergency medical technician providing first aid with a special wad of cottony glass fibers that…

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Mo-Sci Corporation’s DermaFuse: Successful wound healing with borate glass nanofibers

By / April 28, 2011

The Mo-Sci Corporation recently announced its development of a novel and inexpensive wound care pad — composed of borate glass nanofibers — that helped speed the healing of venous stasis ulcers in a majority of patients enrolled in a small human clinical test group of adult diabetics.

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When applied to venous stasis wounds, borate glass nanofibers (above) developed at Missouri S&T and produced by the Mo-Sci Corporation appear to speed the healing process in a recent 12-person human trial. Credit Peter Wray; ACerS. (click image for high-resolution version)

Videos of the week: Successful wound healing with borate glass nanofibers

By / April 28, 2011

As reported on in the just-published May issue of the Bulletin of The American Ceramic Society, the Mo-Sci Corporation recently announced its development of a novel and inexpensive wound care…

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