materials science

A close-up of bioactive glass granules in a laboratory setting with a researcher in the background.
A laboratory beaker containing a clear solution with thin shimmering films, with a molecular model visible on a computer screen in the background.
A researcher excavates a glassy fulgurite from a sand dune in the Nebraska Sandhills.
A transparent glassy gel material being stretched by mechanical arms in a laboratory.
A robotic arm in a cleanroom laboratory works on a new solid-state battery component.