Xiaomi introduced a new in-house protective glass for its latest flagship smartphone, the Xiaomi 14 Pro. Called Dragon Crystal Glass, the new material is claimed to be the hardest and most durable ...

Crystals and glasses have opposite heat-conduction properties, which play a pivotal role in a variety of technologies. These range from the miniaturization and efficiency of electronic devices to ...

Nature is the ultimate nanofabricator. The latest evidence of that is an unusual shard of ancient Roman glass (dubbed the “wow glass”) that boasts a thin, golden-hued patina. Roman glass shards are ...

Roman glass buried for 2,000 years is slowly transforming into a strange type of crystal that refracts light in surprising ways, and scientists finally know why. This type of glass, used in jugs to ...