MT@TMS Materials Technology Headlineshttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society is your source for the latest news and industry headlines.en-us60webmaster@tms.orghttp://www.tms.org/TMSlogo.shadow.gifMember Views of Materials NewsWritten by: TMS Staff WriterThu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/EST/article.aspx?articleID=4364Perspectives on the Most Significant Established Materials Technologies Stories of 2011: Materials were the undercurrent, if not the focus, of a number of headlines during 2011. TMS asked an array of members to comment on what they believe... Member Views of Materials NewsWritten by: TMS Staff WriterThu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/EDU/article.aspx?articleID=4365Perspectives on the Most Significant Materials Education Stories of 2011: Materials were the undercurrent, if not the focus, of a number of headlines during 2011. TMS asked members to comment on what they believed the most s... Member Views of Materials NewsWritten by: TMS Staff WriterThu, 29 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/EMT/article.aspx?articleID=4366Perspectives on the Most Significant Emerging Materials Technologies Stories of 2011: Materials were the undercurrent, if not the focus, of a number of headlines during 2011. TMS asked an array of members to comment on what they believe... Member Views of Materials NewsWritten by: TMS Staff WriterThu, 29 Dec 2011 02:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/MAS/article.aspx?articleID=4367Perspectives on the Most Significant Materials and Society Stories of 2011: Materials were the undercurrent, if not the focus, of a number of headlines during 2011. TMS asked an array of members to comment on what they believe... DOE Initiative to Facilitate Commercialization of TechnologyWritten by: TMS Staff WriterFri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/MAS/article.aspx?articleID=4343The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a new pilot initiative on December 8 to reduce some of the hurdles that prevent innovative companies fro... Universities Invest in Computational Materials Engineering Written by: TMS Staff WriterThu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/EDU/article.aspx?articleID=4337The University of Michigan (UM) has announced that it will invest $30 million in support of computational science and engineering over the next five ... New Alloy Could Replace Rare Earths in Novel Micromechanical DevicesWritten by: TMS Staff WriterTue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/EST/article.aspx?articleID=4336Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old meta... Federal Funding Opportunities Announced to Support Materials Genome Initiative ProjectsWritten by: TMS Staff WriterFri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/EMT/article.aspx?articleID=4335Several early funding opportunities have been announced in support of the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) —the far-reaching multi-stakeholder effort... Almost Lighter Than AirWritten by: TMS Staff WriterWed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/EST/article.aspx?articleID=4334A team of researchers from UC Irvine, HRL Laboratories, and the California Institute of Technology have developed the world’s lightest material, with ... Fashioning New ElectronicsWritten by: TMS Staff WriterMon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://materialstechnology.tms.org/EMT/article.aspx?articleID=4333An international team of researchers have developed transistors using natural cotton fibers, gold nanoparticles and polymers. The innovation lays the ...