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What is metallic glass? - Ashwini Bharathula

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Steel and plastic are essential to much of our infrastructure and technology. Steel is strong and hard, but difficult to shape intricately. Plastic can take on just about any form, but it’s weak and soft. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were one material as strong as the strongest steel and as shapeable as plastic? Ashwini Bharathula discusses the future of metallic glass.

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  • Educator Ashwini Bharathula
  • Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
  • Animator Mike Foster
  • Sound Designer Jake Sanders
  • Producer Tom Sanders
  • Narrator Addison Anderson

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