Process For Making 'Unbreakable' Glass Developed

ScienceDaily (4 April 2009) — Wine glasses that don't shatter?  Baby bottles that don't break? Coffee mugs that last generations?  All are possible with a new process for strengthening glass and ceramics developed by an Alfred University researcher.  Alfred University has signed a royalty agreement with Santanoni Glass and Ceramics, Inc., of Alfred Station, NY, for proprietary technology related to the strengthening of glass.

White Wine Can Make Tooth Stains Darker

ScienceDaily (3 April 2009) — It has long been known that red wine causes teeth to stain.  But white wine?  A recent study by NYU dental researchers found that drinking white wine can also increase the potential for teeth to take on dark stains.  The researchers compared two sets of six cow teeth, buy whose surface closely resembles that of human teeth, stomach and used a spectrophotometer, an instrument that measures color intensities, to evaluate staining levels.