The special colour-changing effect of the ancient Roman Lycurgus Cup has been recreated for the first time, revealing insights into the nanotechnology behind the 1,600-year-old creation. The 4th-century artefact housed in the British Museum is made of a special type…
Solving a mystery that has puzzled experts for centuries, scientists at the University of Sheffield in England have recreated the color-changing properties of the British Museum’s storied 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup, which is green in typical lighting but turns red when…
Home → Other → Art Ancient Roman glassmakers achieved a remarkable optical effect that modern scientists have struggled to reproduce. The ancient Romans made a glass cup that’s so amazing that modern scientists have struggled to replicate it for decades. When the…
Exclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries The Romans’ proficiency in the art of glass-making has produced some of the wonders of antiquity, but few of their creations better a 1,600-year-old masterpiece which…
Forced mechanical mixing of two high-entropy alloys produces a thermally stable ten-element amorphous interfacial phase only when the refractory constituent contains tantalum, while a vanadium substitution yields a nanocrystalline intermixed region with markedly different mechanical and magnetic behavior. Article Title:…
A research team led by Tohoku University investigated 13 different silicate glass compositions to understand how their thermal properties influence heat conduction. Their findings revealed that the speed of sound through glass plays the dominant role in determining its thermal conductivity.
DMSE reopens its renovated glass lab, forge, and foundry. Centers, Labs, & Programs The magic of glass and metal Previous image Next image Today, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) celebrates the reopening of the W. David Kingery Ceramics and…
Bioengineer.org News Source: Bethany Barker. (October 6, 2026). Basalt and Ultra-Tough Plastic, Spiced with Garnet, Yield a Striking New Structural Composite. Scienmag.
AIP.ORG Why some glasses carry better heat than others lead image Oxide glass — the type used in windows, jam jars, labware, and much more — is also a predominant material in electronics, where the material’s thermal conductivity allows it to…
Ceramics, glass and glass-ceramics: their chemistry and strength, new compositions, coatings and uses.
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