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Macro photo of a bent plastic sheet showing a distinct white stress crease

MATERIALS SCIENCE & PHYSICS

Why Bent Plastic Turns White: Crazing, Micro-Voids, and Polymer Stress

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Close-up of an old wavy glass window pane with uneven thickness

Glass is a solid. Full stop.

Is Glass a Liquid?

Glass is a solid. The old window thickness myth is wrong. Here is what glass actually is, why old windows are uneven, and what a supercooled liquid actually means.

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