2015

The Society of Glass Technology Centenary Conference and European Society of Glass Science and Technology 2016 Conference "Glass – Back to the Future!" will be held in Sheffield, UK, on 4–8 September 2016. This event represents a special landmark in the history of glass science and technology, namel...

The Frontiers Research Topic "Inorganic Biomaterials", co-edited by Prof. W. Hoeland (Ivoclar Vivadent AG, Liechtenstein) and Prof. A. R. Boccaccini, has been published in Frontiers, section Biomaterials, a section appearing in three journals: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Frontiers...

The European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Programme seeks to introduce nanomaterials for medical applications. In response to this challenge, on 1st November 2015, the project “MOZART- Mesoporous matrices for localized pH-triggered release of therapeutic ions and drugs", with total funding of 4.65 mill...

The Special Issue "GlaCERCo: "Glass and Ceramic Composites for High Technology Applications – Marie Curie Initial Training Network" has been published in the journal Advances in Applied Ceramics vol. 114 (2015) issue S1. The special issue was co-edited by Aldo R. Boccaccini (Institute of Biomaterial...

The 7th edition of the International Workshop on Advanced Ceramics (IWAC) series (IWAC-07) will be held in Limoges (France) on September 26-28, 2016 organized by SPCTS laboratory, Limoges, and under the auspices of the French Group of Ceramics. IWAC series of workshops was initiated in 2004 by Profe...