glasslike

The technology exists to use nuclear waste as fuel, and to turn waste into a glasslike substance similar to obsidian that can then be stored deep in the earth.

The result was a hard, smooth, glasslike substance without the problematic properties of ice.

When the lakes freeze and then that ice breaks up, wind can sometimes pile large glasslike shards onto one another in bizarre and magnificent-looking formations.

That creates a beautiful glasslike frame around the protein of interest, allowing an unhindered view of every structural detail.

Once the protein was vitrified, or in a glasslike ice state, we were able not just to see its overall structure, but also to capture multiple individual configurations of the protein that it takes when it shape-shifts, including its less stable forms.