A clearer view of what makes glass rigid
(World News Science)

Researchers led by The University of Tokyo employed a new computer model to simulate the networks of force-carrying particles that give amorphous solids their strength even though they lack long range order. This work may lead to new advances in high-strength glass, which can be used for cooking, industrial, and smartphone applications. Amorphous solids such as glass—despite being brittle and having constituent particles that do not form ordered lattices—can possess surprising strength and rigidity. This is even more...