Simons Collaboration Tackles Longstanding Problem in Glassy Materials (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

Simons Collaboration Tackles Longstanding Problem in Glassy Materials

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These three simulated images show the atom and molecular structure of various glassy states. The University of Chicago's Sidney Nagel is leading an international collaboration of scientists to better understand the mysterious qualities of glass with a $10 million grant from the Simons Foundation.

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Simons Collaboration on Cracking the Glass Problem

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