Whether in a hurricane, tornado, or bomb attack, a leading cause of injury and death is often fast-flying shards of glass. Explosions and high winds can cause windows in buildings to shatter-spewing ...
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An engineer from the University of Missouri studies the glass pane after a test explosion. A team of engineers from the University of Missouri and the University of Sydney in Australia is working to ...
To protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass is thick and ...
The landscape is changing at the former Virginia Materials plant on Peterson Street, where towering coal-black mounds are giving way to white piles of recycled glass. Bronce Henderson hopes the trend ...
Engineers are working to develop a blast-resistant glass that is lighter, thinner, and colorless, yet tough enough to withstand the force of an explosion, earthquake or hurricane winds. Today's ...
COLUMBIA, Mo., Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Researchers at the University of Missouri say they're testing a new blast-resistant glass that is thinner and lighter than current varieties. "The glass we are ...