The modern smartphone came about thanks to numerous technologies, including more powerful mobile processors and enhanced mobile networks, but we cannot discount the effect of hardened glass. Materials ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth, together with partners in China and the U.S., have produced an oxide glass with unprecedented toughness. Under high pressures and temperatures, they ...

There’s some nifty research from the University of Bayreuth, together with partners in China and the U.S., on creating supremely tough aluminosilicate glass that boasts an unusual structure. The image ...

Ionic conductivity in inorganic glasses is gaining a huge interest for the enormous number of applications that such materials are having in a number of major technological developments in the domains ...

1. A research team consisting of NIMS, AGC Inc., and JASRI has succeeded in observing partial crystallization of a glass—an initial stage in its transformation into a stronger, more heat resistant ...

As the world waits for COVID-19 vaccines, some pharmaceutical companies stand armed and ready with an exciting improvement: better vials to hold the doses. Vials haven’t changed much in the last 100 ...