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Private Mobile Networks provides communications solution for Saint-Gobain Glass

Private Mobile Networks Ltd, a UK provider of private GSM network technology and part of the TeleWare Group, has announced that Saint-Gobain Glass, a glass manufacturing company, has deployed its solution at the company's manufacturing and warehousing facility in North Yorkshire, UK.

Acrylic glass made of sugar - new enzyme could revolutionise production of plastics

In future, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA for short) – better known as acrylic glass – could be made from natural raw materials such as sugars, alcohols or fatty acids. PMMA is manufactured by polymerising methyl methacrylate (MMA).

The glass universe: Where astronomy meets art

I WAS sceptical when I heard what Josiah McElheny was proposing. It was over lunch in September 2004 at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, and he was talking about the first time he saw the famous Lobmeyr chandeliers at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. As an artist working mainly in glass, he had been inspired to use them as the basis for a sculpture of the big bang. I was there by invitation, an astronomer hoping for a meaningful collaboration between science and art.

The glass universe where astronomy meets art

I WAS sceptical when I heard what Josiah McElheny was proposing. It was over lunch in September 2004 at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, and he was talking about the first time he saw the famous Lobmeyr chandeliers at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. As an artist working mainly in glass, he had been inspired to use them as the basis for a sculpture of the big bang. I was there by invitation, an astronomer hoping for a meaningful collaboration between science and art.

Photovoltaic art glass delivers beauty, electricity

A new branch library that opened in San Jose, California, this week sports an art glass window installation that is also a solar-power generator.

Photovoltaic embedded glass art debuts in San Jose

With the opening of the Pearl Avenue Branch Library in San Jose, the city has became the first municipality in the United States to install permanent public art that combines photovoltaic cells and art glass in an architectural application, according to a Dec. 15 release from the city of San Jose.

Croatian Reverse Glass Paintings in Miami for Art Basel

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Art history is being made this year during Art Basel with the first-ever showing of Croatian Naive Art. Jungle Island has agreed to host a wonderful display of rare imported paintings from the collection of InvestmentArt.com, doing business as the Croatian Naive Art Gallery & Museum Collection, that come from, for the main part, peasant farmer artists in the northern part of Croatia along the Hungarian border. The Croatian Naive Art Gallery & Museum Collection has been recognized by the Croatian Embassy in Washington, D.C. as "the largest gallery in the world and the only one in the entire Western Hemisphere selling Croatian Naive reverse glass paintings exclusively." Until recently the Gallery had operated exclusively in St.

Croatian Reverse Glass Paintings in Miami for Art Basel

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Dec 01, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Art history is being made this year during Art Basel with the first-ever showing of Croatian Naive Art. Jungle Island has agreed to host a wonderful display of rare imported paintings from the collection of InvestmentArt.com, doing business as the Croatian Naive Art Gallery & Museum Collection, that come from, for the main part, peasant farmer artists in the northern part of Croatia along the Hungarian border. The Croatian Naive Art Gallery & Museum Collection has been recognized by the Croatian Embassy in Washington, D.C. as "the largest gallery in the world and the only one in the entire Western Hemisphere selling Croatian Naive reverse glass paintings exclusively." Until recently the Gallery had operated exclusively in St.

Winslow Anderson Designs for Blenko Art Glass

By 1947, Blenko was successfully manufacturing art glass, but its first director of design produced award winning products.

Milne's art in glass

ON SATURDAY, In 2 Art located at the Aldegonda Park, 7 St Ann’s Road, St Ann’s, will present an exhibition of fused and slumped glass works by Debbie Milne.

Site-Specific Immobilization and Micrometer and Nanometer Scale Photopatterning of Yellow Fluorescent Protein on Glass Surfaces

Site-Specific Immobilization and Micrometer and Nanometer Scale Photopatterning of Yellow Fluorescent Protein on Glass Surfaces

Nanomaterials Developer Awarded Contract by NASA

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Nanoparticles become more resistant

Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a new method to make borosilicate glass nanoparticles. These Pyrex-like particles are more stable at high temperatures and in harsh chemical environments than other nanoparticles made of polymers or silica glass. They could extend the range of potential nanoparticle applications in fields as diverse as biomedicine, optics and electronics.

Sheldon Museum of Art reopens to public Jan. 6

Lincoln, Neb., January 5th, 2009 - Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will reopen with its normal hours Jan. 6. The museum was closed over the weekend after vandals damaged four panes of glass in the Great Hall's east wall. No artwork was damaged. All visitors will enter through the west doors and a portion of the Great Hall will be cordoned off. The damaged glass panes will be replaced as soon as possible.

Dec 24, 2008 Dubai's Atlantis, The Palm Unveils New Art Program

Art advisor Joan Warren-Grady recently completed a multi-million dollar art program for Atlantis, The Palm - Dubai, UAE, adding to her client list of more than 200 hotels internationally from New York to Dubai, Miami to Tokyo, and Atlanta to Cairo. Set on the Palm Island Jumeirah, Atlantis is the first hotel to open on the Emirate’s long-awaited man-made island. In a tribute to the surrounding sea, designers and artists from around the world contributed to a collection of sculptures, paintings, photographs, ceramics, and hand-painted murals. As visitors enter the Grand Lobby, they are met by the work of glass artist Dale Chihuly and his soaring, 32-feet-high, vertical sculpture created from 3,000 pieces of individual, blown glass. As a visual compliment, surrounding the circular entrance are eight wall murals of Spanish artist Albino Go

Glass becomes painter's medium

Nathalie LeClair and Serge Mimeault run Studio des Verriers du Richelieu ( www.studiodesverriers.com). Located in Richelieu, Que., the firm specializes in glassworks. Ms. LeClair tells the Financial Post what motivated her to become an entrepreneur.

Glass becomes painter's medium

Nathalie LeClair and Serge Mimeault run Studio des Verriers du Richelieu ( www.studiodesverriers.com). Located in Richelieu, Que., the firm specializes in glassworks. Ms. LeClair tells the Financial Post what motivated her to become an entrepreneur.

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Haute-Couture creative glass art at Index Dubai

Index 2008, the largest interiors event in the Middle East, is set to host suppliers as they descend on Dubai.

San Jose Library Installs Photovoltaic Glass Art

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San Jose Library Installs Photovoltaic Glass Art

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BLOG WATCH: Apple, flowers and glass

According to Exit133.com, the Tacoma Mall will soon be home to an Apple Store. In other retail news, the blog in-tacoma.net is reporting that Triple Crown Kings will open a "premier lifestyle boutique" in downtown Tacoma next to UrbanXchange.

Japan Hot Stocks-Elpida, Nippon Electric Glass, Sony

Frommers recently released their top destinations for 2009 focusing on affordable destinations and predict the next up-and-coming "hot spots."

Japan Hot Stocks-Developers, Elpida, Nippon Electric Glass, Sony

Frommers recently released their top destinations for 2009 focusing on affordable destinations and predict the next up-and-coming "hot spots."

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