It is important that the correct crucible is selected when designing a new glass melt in order to safeguard the glass melt from deformation, cracking, or contamination by the crucible. Image credit: ...

Researchers succeed in producing rapid, cost-effective and environmentally friendly material. Glass is ubiquitous, from high-tech products in the fields of optics, telecommunications, chemistry and ...

In 1842, the famous British researcher Michael Faraday made an amazing observation by chance: A thin layer of water forms on the surface of ice, even though it is well below zero degrees. So the ...