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Southampton scientists develop strong, light glass nanofibres

January 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Dr Gilberto Brambilla and Professor Sir David Payne announce creation of the new material – the strongest and lightest yet made.

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Study reveals extraordinary glass properties

January 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Chicago have found new ways to produce ultrastable glasses, kin to the amber pictured here. Such glasses, which can now be created in the lab of UW-Madison chemistry Professor Mark Ediger using vapor deposition methods, have qualities that could be used to produce new classes of technologically vauable materials.

Computational and laboratory studies have confirmed that technologically valuable ultrastable glasses can be produced in days or hours.

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Glass fuel cells for next-generation electronics

December 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
glass-micro-fuel-cell

New breed of micro fuel cell could serve as a long-lasting, low-cost, and eco-friendly power source for portable electronic devices.

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Corning’s Gorilla Glass used in new Microsoft tablet

June 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Microsoft Surface tablet

Microsoft revealed the new Microsoft Surface tablet Monday, featuring Corning’s Gorilla Glass.

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LiNbO3-silica glass ceramics: a promising alternative for frequency conversion?

June 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A typical crystallized spherulite.

Glass ceramics are of great interest for the development of optical elements with meter-scale dimensions for high power laser facilities.

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Nanocrystals Make Dentures Shine

January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
preparing glass-ceramics for dentures

Glass-ceramics that combine strength with good optical characteristics may lead to improved dentures.

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The Making of “Transparent Glass Sponges”

December 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
transparent glass sponge

The properties of transparent glass sponges make them an ideal light source for photobioreactors for producing biofuels from algae.

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