Windows are some of the biggest energy liabilities in modern buildings, yet they are also non‑negotiable for light, comfort, and design. A new class of clear materials promises to flip that equation, ...

While glass bricks are effective for allowing daylight into buildings, they're not good insulators and they can't be used for entire load-bearing walls. Such is reportedly not the case, however, with ...

The transmittance results, the mechanical properties, and microstructure of the annealed samples are presented. An increase in Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ content effectively reduces the monoclinic phase fraction ...