Can We Construct Entire Buildings with Recycled Glass? MIT Engineers Are Testing the Limits
From bottles to buildings, MIT's glass bricks are a great demonstration of circular construction.
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Scientists make transparent, fireproof glass-like material out of bamboo
Researchers develop a novel transparent bamboo with flame-retardant properties.
Strongest glass in the world can scratch diamonds
AM-III also works as a semiconductor, allowing it to transfer electrical current.
Researchers found intact, 2,000-year-old brain cells turned to glass after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
They call it a "perfect", "totally unprecedented" specimen.
Complex glass objects 3D-printed using new take on old method
The printed objects are small, but very complex.
‘Smart’ glass recognizes numbers without the need for sensors or even electrical power
Scientists have devised a novel system that can recognize visual objects by bending light.
Scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of yellow desert glass prized by Egyptian pharaohs
These exceptions desert gems were created by a powerful meteorite impact.
Novel technique can 3-D print intricate glass objects like a pretzel
You can apply the technique on any existing 3-D printer.
Cooking nuclear waste into glass and ceramic materials could provide safe, efficient containment
Vitrification is the way to go.
Israeli archaeologists uncover roman-period glass factory underpinning trade throughout the empire
Israel Antiques Authority (IAA) archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a 1,600 year-old complex of glass kilns in the Jezreel ...
Japan casts steel-like glass using levitation
Using a newly-developed production method, the Institute of Industrial Science at Tokyo University succeeded in producing a type of glass ...
1000 ft Long, 600 ft High Suspension Bridge Opens in China – and it’s Transparent
A 300 meter long (984 ft) glass suspension bridge, 180 meters (591 ft) above the ground has recently opened in Hunan, ...
What is metal glass: the wonder material you’ve never heard of
Such materials combine the best properties of glass and metals into one amazing product.
Scientists Turn Pure Metal into Glass
A team of researchers has managed to make metallic glasses from pure, monoatomic metals. These metals are amorphous like glass, ...
Glass molecules jam to form fractal wells
Water is liquid, air is gaseous, but glass? For years at end, glass has perplexed scholars intending on fixing it ...
State of matter difference between liquids and solids redefined
What's the difference between a solid and liquid? You might find this question trivial - naturally, liquids flow and solids... ...
Ordinary glass has extraordinary properties – molecules self align in ultrastable tetris-like structures
Fast-acting molecules organize themselves more randomly (left) under certain temperature conditions than slower-acting, more systematically organized molecules. The more systematically ...
