Glass may look just like a normal solid, but at the microscopic level it behaves in surprisingly complex ways Atoms in a glass do not form a crystalline lattice but are found in a disordered state ...

Glassy materials are everywhere, with applications far exceeding windowpanes and drinking glasses. They range from bioactive glasses for bone repair and amorphous pharmaceuticals that boost drug ...

As a highly transparent material that stands up to all but the most extreme of weather conditions, is easily formed into any size or shape, and, once formed, will last for thousands of years, glass is ...