Soon, you might not have to worry about cleaning up shards of broken glass. All you'd have to do is pick the glass up -- in one complete piece. Inspired by the natural stiffness and strength of ...

We know that glass is fragile - that's like, it's main thing. But research is working on improving how we make glass to make it unbreakable, or at least as close as we can get. Here's the latest on ...

Ever since Franz von Holzhausen broke the Cybertruck's side window with a steel ball during the 2019 launch, it was clear that Tesla's electric pickup would not have an easy life. After deliveries ...

Glass is one of the most useful materials in our modern world, but being prone to cracking or shattering is a major downside. Scientists at McGill University have developed a new type of glass ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new type of soft material with an ability to endure monumental forces. Described as "super jelly," the novel hydrogel uses a unique internal ...

LONDON — Soon Britons will be able to get smashed at the pub while their pint glasses won’t. The shatterproof pint glass was proudly unveiled by the government on Thursday. Officials swore the country ...

A new type of glass created by mimicking the nacre (or mother-of-pearl) structure in mollusc shells is ductile yet tough and highly resistant to impacts. The material could come in useful for ...