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Scientists Invent New Glass With Supreme Toughness (scitechdaily.com)

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Scientists have produced an oxide glass with unprecedented toughness. Under high pressures and temperatures, they succeeded in paracrystallizing an aluminosilicate glass: The resulting crystal-like structures cause the glass to withstand very high stresses and are retained under ambient conditions.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

...and with those steps are even more potential points of failure. This is why we shouldn't get too excited.

It's promising and I hope it works out, but we should temper our expectations.