The Chelsea bombing that injured 29 people on September 17 might have hurt more, and possibly resulted in fatalities, if not for shatterproof glass. Following the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, ...

There is already construction happening at the George A. Smith Middle School in the Solanco School District. Now there could be an extra piece to the project: administrators are considering the ...

Soon, you might not have to worry about cleaning up shards of broken glass. All you'd have to do is pick the glass up -- in one complete piece. Inspired by the natural stiffness and strength of ...

Glass is one of the most useful materials in our modern world, but being prone to cracking or shattering is a major downside. Scientists at McGill University have developed a new type of glass ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new type of soft material with an ability to endure monumental forces. Described as "super jelly," the novel hydrogel uses a unique internal ...

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A new type of glass created by mimicking the nacre (or mother-of-pearl) structure in mollusc shells is ductile yet tough and highly resistant to impacts. The material could come in useful for ...