/channels/news_feeds/all/term/Barthelat/rss en /channels/news/glass-bends-doesn%E2%80%99t-break-232659 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Normally when you drop a drinking glass on the floor it shatters. But, in future, thanks to a technique developed in ±«ÓãÖ±²¥â€™s Department of Mechanical Engineering, when the same thing happens the glass is likely to simply bend and become slightly deformed. That’s because Prof. François Barthelat and his team have successfully taken inspiration from the mechanics of natural structures like seashells in order to significantly increase the toughness of glass. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/bioinspired_glass.jpg?itok=kdz4wzNV" width="160" height="160" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:39:30 +0000 webfull 100880 at /channels