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New Family of Glass Good for Lenses

April 4, 2019

A new composition of germanosilicate glass created by adding zinc oxide has properties good for lens applications

How Proper Glass Vessel Heating Works

November 22, 2018

Heating mantles and heating tapes are widely used by today’s scientists and researchers when heating their glass v...

Artificial Intelligence Accelerates Discovery of Metallic Glass

April 16, 2018

Machine learning algorithms pinpoint new materials 200 times faster than previously possible

Smart Glass Made Better—and Cheaper

March 8, 2018

Engineers develop eco-friendly panels that switch from transparent to opaque

Tweaking Quantum Dots Powers-Up Double-Pane Solar Windows

January 3, 2018

Engineered quantum dots could bring down the cost of solar electricity

Lessons from Marine Sponges Could Lead to Novel Glass Technology

November 9, 2017

A research group has uncovered the principles of spicule morphogenesis in certain kinds of marine sponges

Drinking Glasses Can Contain Potentially Harmful Levels of Lead and Cadmium

November 7, 2017

Enameled drinking glasses and popular merchandise can contain potentially toxic levels of lead and cadmium

$Calibrated Glass and Oil Standards for Glass Refractive Index Measurements$

Calibrated Glass and Oil Standards for Glass Refractive Index Measurements

September 15, 2017

CRAIC Technologies announces the availability of glass and oil standard reference materials set to calibrate glass refractive...

The Glass Transition Caught in the Act

July 19, 2017

Islands of cooperating atoms jam like ice floes as a liquid becomes like glass

Lab Breakthrough in 3D Printing of Glass

May 3, 2017

Designing for novel optical components instead of using off-the-shelf optics could reduce the size, weight, or cost of optics...

Engineers Study Glass in Batteries as a Way to Increase Performance and Safety

November 16, 2016

“Our goal is not just to make safer batteries, but also to increase energy capacity," lead researcher says

Can Radioactive Waste Be Immobilized in Glass for Millions of Years?

November 4, 2016

Rutgers professor Ashutosh Goel invents way to contain radioactive iodine

Low-Temp Production Could Mean Cheaper, Flexible Smart Windows

August 23, 2016

Such smart windows are aimed at saving on cooling and heating bills for homes and businesses

UChicago Leads Collaboration to Study the Physics of Glass

July 14, 2016

$10 million grant supports international team’s efforts

Decoding the Glass 'Genome' Contributes to New Functional Materials

June 22, 2016

Scientists don’t yet fully understand how the structure of glass affects its properties such as density, crack resistan...

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Thursday May 23, 2019

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Tools for the Cannabis Testing Lab

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Thursday March 21, 2019

Plan for Success: Choosing and Integrating a LIMS

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Thursday March 7, 2019

A Case Study: Two Newly Discovered Jackson Pollock Paintings

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