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Apr 11 | News
In
a move that will broaden its life sciences consumables product
portfolio, Corning Incorporated announced this week that it has reached a
definitive agreement with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) to acquire
the majority of its Discovery Labware unit for approximately $730
million in cash.
Apr 2 | News
Producing thin ceramic components has, until now, been a laborious and expensive process, as parts often get distorted during manufacturing and have to be discarded as waste. Researchers are now able to reshape the surfaces of malformed components by bombarding them with tiny pellets.
Jan 5 | News
Chemists
have produced a new kind of glass-ceramic with a nanocrystalline
structure that features high strength and the right kind of optical
characteristics for use a coating for dentures. Unlike previous
ceramics, the new material matches the color and optical characteristics
of natural teeth.
8/15/2011 | RDBlog
The editors of R&D Magazine have opened the nominations for the 2012 R&D 100 Awards competition, which will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the awards. If your organization introduced a new product this year, or is planning to, you can begin the entry process now.
7/26/2011 | News
Nine
engineers from Sandia National Laboratories helped ensure Atlantis’
safety from Mission Control during the last mission with a laser dynamic
range imager that generates 3D images from 2D video. The
device, perched on the boom arm of the shuttle, has helped protect the
22 crews that have flown since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
4/13/2011 | News
A
team of researchers from the University of Arizona and Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute have increased the toughness of ceramic composites
by more than 200% with the use of graphene reinforcements. The graphene
additions arrest the formation of cracks in the ceramic, forcing them
to change direction in three dimensions.
3/25/2011 | News
Stress, fatigue, and heavy loads aren't always
negative elements of work—in fact, they are what attracted Jennifer
Forrester
to the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
11/23/2010 | Application Notes
Morgan
Technical Ceramics is currently supplying semiconductor-grade 99%
alumina ceramic as an alternative to stainless steel for the
photovoltaic cell market. The thermal stability of this material,
including its resistance to buckling under thermal stress, has helped
drive market growth for technical ceramics 50% per year.
10/4/2010 | News
Research published by
materials engineers from the University
of Leeds could help pave
the way towards 100% lead-free electronics. The work, carried out
at the UK's synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, reveals the
potential
of a new man-made material to replace lead-based ceramics in countless
electronic devices, ranging from inkjet printers and digital cameras, to
hospital ultrasound scanners and diesel fuel injectors.
6/1/2010 | News
Researchers from North Carolina State Univ. have found that applying a
small
electric field results in faster formation of ceramic products during
manufacture at lower temperatures, and enhances the strength of the
ceramic
itself.
