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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / November 23, 2016

Smashing metallic micro-cubes makes them ultrastrong, glow-in-the-dark dye could fuel liquid-based batteries, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 23, 2016.

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Corning debuts strongest glass yet with new Gorilla Glass 4

By April Gocha / November 21, 2014

Corning unveiled the latest and toughest version of its infamous Gorilla Glass yesterday, and the new Gorilla Glass 4 promises to be two times tougher than any competitive cover glass on the market.

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Hanging tough: Rare ceramic goes amorphous for strength

By April Gocha / November 5, 2014

New research into a rare form of silica, stishovite, shows that the metastable material gets tough by a unique mechanism—transitioning from a crystalline to amorphous structure.

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