The engineering world just became even more colorful. Northwestern University researchers have created a new technique that can transform silver into any color of the rainbow. Their simple method is a ...

(Nanowerk News) We can look through glass, but what glass itself looks like on the inside has so far remained a mystery - at least as far as the precise position of the atoms is concerned. Scientists ...

If glass isn’t a solid or a liquid, then what is it? Photo by Flickr user -Kenzie- A glass of merlot may make the world look rosy, but it can also be a source of frustration for a physicist. The wine ...

Glass has many applications that call for different properties, such as resistance to thermal shock or to chemically harsh environments. Glassmakers commonly use additives such as boron oxide to tweak ...

The inherent atomic packing modes of glassy solids remain one of the most interesting and fundamental problems in condensed-matter physics and materials science 1,2. Although significant progress has ...

Modern society is now so dependent on electronics that an invisible radiation pulse is ...