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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

To Make Glass Stronger, Etch It With Microscopic Cracks

To Make Glass Stronger, Etch It With Microscopic Cracks:

To Make Glass Stronger, Etch It With Microscopic Cracks

To anyone who has ever dropped a wine glass or broken a window, you might have a thing or two to learn from mollusks. A new technique inspired by natural materials such as mollusk shells or tooth enamel can make glass 200 times stronger. Weirdly enough, it works by weakening the glass with microscopic cracks.

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