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Other materials stories that may be of interest 27 Aug 2013 | 05:55 pm
3D graphene to replace platinum in dye-sensitized solar apps? Dye-sensitized solar cells are thin, flexible, easy to make, and efficient. However, they use platinum, and, at $1,500 an ounce, the cos...
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world 27 Aug 2013 | 05:44 pm
Announcing fiscal first quarter results, Japanese flat glass manufacturer Nippon Sheet Glass says its architectural glass business improved in Japan and the US but was still slow in Europe. The comp...
Ceramics and glass business news of the week 23 Aug 2013 | 11:38 pm
‘Rolled Glass – Global Strategic Business Report‘ A new Research and Markets report analyzes the worldwide markets for rolled glass in thousand metric tons. The report provides separate comprehensiv...
ARPA–E funds advanced battery technologies projects 23 Aug 2013 | 10:40 pm
ARPA–E announced RANGE program funding awards to accelerate electric vehicle adoption by improving battery technology to boost driving range, safety, and reliability. (Credit: ARPA–E.) The US Advanc...
Video: Scientists look to define kilogram with a super-round silicon sphere 23 Aug 2013 | 10:37 pm
The kilogram is the only base unit in the SI system defined by an object—a platinum-iridium alloy cylinder kept in a vault in France. Efforts are underway to define the kilogram based on fundament...
Forensic brewmastery—recreating ancient beer recipe brewed in ceramic pots 23 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
Four millennia separate these beer brewing technologies. Cleveland-based Great Lakes Brewing Company used a 4,000-year old recipe taken from a song lyric to the goddess Ninkasi and brewed it in cerami...
Copper doping boosts CdTe solar cell efficiency 22 Aug 2013 | 09:19 pm
CdTe solar cells on a flexible metal foil (left), and electron microscopy image of the solar cell structure in the substrate configuration. From top: front electrical contact, CdTe layer, metal back c...
ACerS Student Tour at MS&T’13 22 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
Students have the opportunity to attend a facility tour at Bombardier’s Saint-Laurent Manufacturing Centre on Monday, October 28, 12 noon to 5 p.m. , during MS&T’13. Bombardier is the world’s only man...
Silicon and silicon carbide nanowire breakthrough could lead to roll-out solar panels and flexible electronics 20 Aug 2013 | 11:38 pm
A University of California, Berkeley group has a new method for growing semiconducting nanowire arrays on graphene that could lead to roll-out solar panels, flexible electronics, and more efficient ...
Other materials stories that may be of interest 20 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
‘Poisoning’ increases magnesium corrosion resistance Scientists have found a way to dramatically increase the corrosion resistance of magnesium: adding arsenic. The lightest structural metal, magnes...
