﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Best of the TMS News Headlines</title><link>http://www.tms.org/</link><description>The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society is your source for the latest news and industry headlines.</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>10</ttl><webMaster>webmaster@tms.org</webMaster><image>http://www.tms.org/TMSlogo.shadow.gif</image><item><title>Last Call for the TMS 2010 Annual Meeting</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.tms.org/TMSnewsarticle.aspx?articleID=3228</link><description>Conference Begins February 14:  Next week, the TMS 2010 Annual Meeting will begin in Seattle, Washington. More than 3,400 materials scientists and engineers from around the world wil...  </description></item><item><title>Student Competition Tackles Global Water Shortage</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EDU/article.aspx?articleID=3241</link><description>More than 10,000 United States high school students will apply their ingenuity and talents to solving the global water shortage in the Junior Engineer...  </description></item><item><title>Identifying Sustainable Practices for Bauxite Residue</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EST/article.aspx?articleID=3239</link><description>Providing insights into the best options for bauxite residue management and future large-scale residue use is the objective of the Bauxite, Residue an...  </description></item><item><title>Disposal of Nuclear Waste Focus of New Commission</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/MAS/article.aspx?articleID=3237</link><description>United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future on January 29. The Commis...  </description></item><item><title>Create an Itinerary for TMS 2010 . . .</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.tms.org/TMSnewsarticle.aspx?articleID=3227</link><description>. . . And Send it to Your Mobile Device:  In addition to more than 2,700 technical presentations at 56 symposia, the TMS 2010 Annual Meeting will include networking activities, an extensive ex...  </description></item><item><title>Now Hear This: Tiny Antennas Made of Metamaterials</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EMT/article.aspx?articleID=3233</link><description>Experimental antennas the fraction of the size of standard antenna systems have been developed by a team of engineers and scientists from the U.S. Nat...  </description></item><item><title>Submit Abstracts for EMC 2010 . . .</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.tms.org/TMSnewsarticle.aspx?articleID=3229</link><description>. . . by Monday, February 1:  Share your electronic materials research at the premiere annnual forum on the preparation and characterization of electronic materials. The 2010 Elect...  </description></item><item><title>steeluniversity Challenge Set to Begin</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EDU/article.aspx?articleID=3230</link><description>The fifth annual steeluniversity Challenge will begin at noon GMT on January 27 and will run for 24 hours until noon on January 28. Participants will ...  </description></item><item><title>A Clean Sweep: New Photocatalyst Beats Bacteria</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EST/article.aspx?articleID=3216</link><description>An enhanced photocatalytic disinfection process that uses visible light to destroy harmful bacteria and viruses—even after the light is switched off—h...  </description></item><item><title>Projects Move Solar Technologies to Commercial Scale</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/MAS/article.aspx?articleID=3215</link><description>The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced on January 20 that it is launching four partnership projects under the Department of En...  </description></item><item><title>Mighty Mollusk Unlocks Materials Mysteries</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EMT/article.aspx?articleID=3206</link><description>A recently discovered snail that builds its shell from materials plentiful to the vent field in which it dwells may offer insights into improving load...  </description></item><item><title>New on Materials Technology@TMS. . .</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://www.tms.org/TMSnewsarticle.aspx?articleID=3195</link><description>. . . Materials features of “Olympic” proportions:  In anticipation of the &lt;a href=" http://www.tms.org/meetings/annual-10/AM10home.aspx " target="_blank"&gt;TMS 2010 Annual Meeting&lt;/a&gt; in Seattle, Februar...  </description></item><item><title>First Commercial Plant to Use ITmk3 Process Starts Production</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EST/article.aspx?articleID=3190</link><description>Kobe Steel, headquartered in Japan, announced that the first commercial plant using its new ITmk3 Process successfully began production of iron nugget...  </description></item><item><title>ISRI Opens Design for Recycling Competition</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/MAS/article.aspx?articleID=3189</link><description>The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) announced on January 8 that entries are now being accepted for its 2010 Design for Recycling™ Award...  </description></item><item><title>Lessons Learned from the Emerging Leaders Alliance</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EDU/article.aspx?articleID=3194</link><description>By Lynne Robinson:  Preparing future engineering leaders for the challenges they will face in advancing their organizations within complex business and social environment...  </description></item><item><title>Global Innovations Symposium Flies High at TMS 2010</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EMT/article.aspx?articleID=3193</link><description>By Lynne Robinson:  Floating on muslin wings and bound together with horsehide glue, the Wright Flyer launched powered air travel in four shuddering flights of less than ...  </description></item><item><title>Xingbo Liu: TMS’ “Energetic” 2010 Early Career Faculty Fellow</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/MAS/article.aspx?articleID=3192</link><description>By Lynne Robinson:  Xingbo Liu’s career path was revealed to him in the blink of an eye.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;

He was on a high school field trip to the Institute of Metal Research,...  </description></item><item><title>Advanced Materials Are a Game Changer in the Winter Olympics</title><author>Written by: TMS Staff Writer</author><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><link>http://materialstechnology.tms.org/EST/article.aspx?articleID=3191</link><description>By Lynne Robinson:  &lt;i&gt;The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics will be occurring a little less than 200 kilometers from the TMS 2010 Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, Feb...  </description></item></channel></rss>