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Ceramics and Glass

Ceramics are materials like clay and glass. Some ceramics are clear, others are strong. Concrete for building and glass for fiber optic communication are both classified as “ceramics” by materials scientists.



Interior of the Ted Williams tunnel, part of Boston's ongoing "Big Dig" construction project - the biggest, most complex (and most expensive) public construction project ever.





Corning fiber optics transmit information at the speed of light!



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