The Chelsea bombing that injured 29 people on September 17 might have hurt more, and possibly resulted in fatalities, if not for shatterproof glass. Following the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, ...

TAIPEI -- On a tiny stand here at the Computex trade show is Moxbii, a Taiwanese company that specialises in screen protectors. While I normally give such exhibitors a miss, the company caught my eye ...

There is already construction happening at the George A. Smith Middle School in the Solanco School District. Now there could be an extra piece to the project: administrators are considering the ...

Britain's government unveiled Thursday a shatterproof pint glass to counter the 87,000 violent incidents involving glass each year, many of them in the nation's pubs. The new glasses use two separate ...

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 ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The owners of two Benson businesses have taken expensive measures to protect their stores. The shopping experience for one customer at Super Groovy’s was shattered by vandals.

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 ...

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 ...