Reinventing Glass: A Breakthrough in Atomic Stability
Glass is increasingly utilized in various high-performance areas, covering consumer and industrial applications, military and aerospace electronics, as well as coatings and optics. Given the…
Glass is increasingly utilized in various high-performance areas, covering consumer and industrial applications, military and aerospace electronics, as well as coatings and optics. Given the…
Glass, a vital material in our daily lives, serves multiple purposes like insulating homes and forming screens in computers and smartphones. However, its extensive historical…
Glass is a material that appears simple in its transparency and rigidity but is, in fact, highly complex and intriguing. Its transformation from a liquid…
Researchers uncover the process by which centuries of corrosion and crystallization formed photonic crystals. Approximately 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, glass containers filled with…
Scientists have produced an oxide glass with unprecedented toughness. Under high pressures and temperatures, they succeeded in paracrystallizing an aluminosilicate glass: The resulting crystal-like structures…
Globally, glass manufacturing emits at least 86 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. However, a new type of glass called LionGlass, developed by Penn State…
How glass dampens sound: University of Konstanz researchers solve a physics mystery – by rediscovering a discarded theory. Sometimes the knowledge is already there –…
Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research conducted at The University of Queensland. The global team of researchers,…
Strongest and toughest glass known developed by McGill University scientists. Scientists from McGill University develop stronger and tougher glass, inspired by the inner layer of…
Bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D printed metals. Where are the robot assistants we were promised? For…
Corning executive Mark Kurz SM ’95 leads a team producing vials for vaccine distribution. Some people are actually able to bottle their success, and Mark…
While glass is a truly ubiquitous material that we use on a daily basis, it also represents a major scientific conundrum. Contrary to what one…
ETH researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects. The basis for this is a special resin that can…
Addressing a centuries-old question, researchers have uncovered a key element to how glasses transition into very resilient states. This breakthrough could allow for more reliable…
Engineers at Yale University have developed a method that allows them to vary one aspect of a material’s microstructure while holding all other features constant,…
Are you tried of foggy windows on rainy days and glare coming off your TV screen? Scientists at MIT have developed a new process of…