Abstract: In this study, high-refractive-index fluorotellurite glass microspheres (FTG-MSs) were fabricated using a high-temperature melt-quenching technique. The resulting microspheres exhibited good ...

Photonic glasses are a promising class of noniridescent material but suffer from weak color saturation due to particle polydispersity. Here, we reveal two strategies employed by blue-tailed ...

Transparency feels ordinary until you realize how much of modern life depends on it. This piece explains why some materials let light pass through, how refraction bends that light, and why glass ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Existing methods of data storage ...

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth ...

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books' worth ...

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth ...

Archival storage poses lots of challenges. We want media that is extremely dense and stable for centuries or more, and, ideally, doesn’t consume any energy when not being accessed. Lots of ideas have ...

You’d think we would know everything there is to know about glass by now. It’s been around for thousands of years, and it’s practically everywhere: in the walls of high-rise commercial buildings, in ...