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The article reports that the January 2006 edition of "Science" magazine featured a paper that appeared in the "Journal of the American Ceramic Society" where the editors reviewed "The Effect of Zirconia Reinforcing Agents on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Hydroxyapatite-Based Nanocomposites."

The article offers information on a short paper published by the researchers at the University of Southampton in England regarding novel microscopy-based optical polarization techniques. It highlights the availability of a technique applicable to five-dimensional optical recording following the publication of the paper. It adds that the press release issued by the researchers does not speak of particle accelerators as another possible application for radial polarization converters.

The article offers information on the papers published in the web site www.ceramics.org, posted by the "International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology," which members can have free access. These papers include "Novel Structural Modulation in Ceramic Sensors Via Redox Processing in Gas Buffers," "An Investigation of Current Reversal Mode for Gas Sensing with a Solid Electrolyte," and "Electrical Behavior in Gas: Solid Interface of Gas Sensors Based on Oxide Semiconductors."

The article offers information on the papers posted in web site www.ceramics. by the "Journal of the American Ceramics Society," which offers free access to members of the American Ceramic Society. These papers include "Tailoring of the Lead Metaniobate Ceramic Processing," "Sensitivity of Scratch Resistance to Grinding-Induced Damage Anisotropy in Silicon Nitride," "Ceramic Bodies with Complex Geometrics and Ceramic Shells by Freeze Casting Using Ice as Mold Material."

The article offers information on a paper issued by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee that describes the direct measurement of oxygen reduction and oxygen vacancy diffusion using electrochemical strain microscopy. American Ceramic Society (ACerS) member Sergei Kalinin highlights the electrochemical strain microscopy in imaging ion mobility. The significance of the ESM technique in measuring electrochemical reactivity and ionic currents is also noted.