The types of glass that we encounter in everyday life, such as window glass or smartphone screens, are disordered solids. This means that they consist of particles locked in place, like those in ...

Milling is a popular and effective top-down process utilized in the production of glass powders, with particle sizes ranging in size from the nanoscale to microns. This article explores a range of ...

Recycled glass powder could offer a greener alternative to cement in compressed earth blocks (CEBs), a recent study led by the University of Portsmouth has found. Published in the peer-reviewed ...

Spray drying is the name given to the rapid drying process of creating dry powders from liquid slurry. The liquid is typically sprayed with hot gas to accelerate the drying stage, which renders it ...

A technique developed by Chinese researchers aims to make window cleaning superfluous. Alternating electric fields should also keep other glass surfaces clean. A research team from China's Zhejiang ...