We use glass for a lot of things. We use it to brighten up the rooms of our house by creating windows that let sunlight in. But glass has some inherent problems that scientists have been trying to ...

Metallic glass is an emerging type of material, so its secrets are still being discovered. While working with the stuff, a team of Yale researchers created a brand new type of metallic glass, by ...

Colorado team develop a new form of silicone that is more transparent than window glass, and a better thermal insulator than ...

It may not be as catchy a name as Iron Man, but in a fight you might be better off betting on Glass DNA Nanolattice Man instead. Engineers at the University of Connecticut have developed a very strong ...

Porous glass materials represent a versatile class of engineered substances characterised by a network of interconnected pores. These materials display a range of properties that can be precisely ...

The history of synthetic glass-ceramic materials goes back to 1953. Initially, metals were the materials that were being researched for utilization as dental replacements and orthopedic implants.

Cambridge/Jena (16.11.2020) Linkages between organic and inorganic materials are a common phenomenon in nature, e.g., in the construction of bones and skeletal structures. They often enable ...

slows bleeding, fights bacteria and other sources of infection, stimulates the body's natural healing mechanisms, resists scarring, and -because it is quickly absorbed by surrounding tissue -- may ...

The best way to understand glass is to understand how it is made. The first step to make glass requires heating up a mixture of minerals – often soda ash, limestone and quartz sand – until they melt ...

Yole Group released its new technology & market report, Glass Materials for Semiconductor Manufacturing 2025, a comprehensive study analyzing the rapid rise of glass as a strategic material in ...

Glass making dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, an astonishing 4,000 years ago. Known as “humankind’s most important material,” 1 glass is ubiquitous in our modern environment. It is used in the ...