Glass structure of vasculature built from rye plant (left), and koji Aspergillus oryzae (right). Plants and hyphae-like cavities are formed inside the transparent glass chip. The root hair-like ...
Its strength is an "intrinsic property of the glass structure", says Prof Mauro. LionGlass could have an impact "basically everywhere you see glass," - apart from smartphones - says Robert Ritchie ...
After the plants were removed, the glass was left with a complex 3D microfluidic ... showed that the method can even replicate the root structure of fungi, called hyphae. "Hyphae are even thinner ...