Breakthrough Helps Scientists Better Understand Glass Transition Study presents a new glass-forming system that uses high configurational entropy. Image Credit: Email A collaborative group from Tohoku University and Johns Hopkins University have provided valuable insights into the glass transition. When a liquid is cooled rapidly, it gains viscosity and eventually becomes a rigid solid glass. The point at which it does so is known as the glass transition. But the exact physics behind the glass transition, and the nature of glass in general, still pose many questions for scientists. Metallic G...