Researchers at Fraunhofer IOF have created something that has never been seen before: a filigree mechanical resonator made of pure silica glass (>99.8% SiO2). It combines a low natural frequency ...

Materials like sand, stone, concrete, and mortar contain crystalline silica. It is also used to make products such as glass, pottery, ceramics, bricks, and artificial stone. Respirable crystalline ...

According to a study published in the journal ACS Nano, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 3D-printed silica glass micro-optics on the ends of optic fibers—surfaces as ...

Chalcogenides are compounds formed primarily from chalcogen elements such as sulphur, selenium or tellurium, and are very different from silica glass. Chalcogenides come in a variety of colours ...

The silica sand for glass making industry share is expected to record a CAGR of 4.1% between 2023 and 2033. The market is expected to be valued at USD 5.7 billion in 2023. By 2033, the estimation is ...

Alpena County residents will soon have glass recycling after years of requests, the Northeast Michigan Materials Management Authority recently announced. The recycled glass will be kept locally and ...

All digital systems use bits, represented as ones and zeroes, to store, compute, and manage data. Storage device size has long been restricted by the physical scale of the binary data units, but ...

Lee-Lun Lai demonstrates the setup to print silica glass microstructures on an optical fiber. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

From 2035, the Einstein Telescope will be able to study gravitational waves with unprecedented accuracy. For the telescope, researchers from Jena have manufactured highly sensitive sensors made ...