Why do car windshields and side windows behave so differently during a crash? The answer lies in material choices and the way ...

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 ...

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 ...

When a rock hits a side window, the glass often explodes into a shower of tiny cubes, yet the same impact on a windshield ...

When preparing to host summer parties, you need to be mindful of the glassware you will use for the outdoor setup. If it's real glass, you'll likely have to deal with sharp shards scattered across ...

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 ...

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, ...

Johnston County public schools are stepping up their efforts to improve campus security by installing vestibules made with shatter-proof glass. District administrators believe installation of the main ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...