Glass seems simple − it’s just sand and a few more ingredients. Yet mining and production are rarely local, raising questions ...

Visitors get the sensation of floating above Manhattan at the Summit at One Vanderbilt. These rooms are built with low-iron glass, made with ultrapure silica sand. Benno Schwinghammer/picture alliance ...

A 3D printable bio-active glass could be used to repair bone damage and help them grow back, a study suggests. The newly ...

The science pros at The King of Random turn ordinary sand into real glass and explain the science behind it. ABC pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' off air indefinitely, network says ...

While walking along the beach with her children one day during the pandemic, Candice Night started paying more attention to the frosted stones hidden within the sand. Remnants of discarded bottles, ...

Sanding a lawn works miracles for creating an even surface and improving grass health. However, you must choose the right sand type to ensure success.

I only got my first set of Mason jars a couple of years ago, but now I can’t imagine being without them. I use them to make salad dressings, store leftover sauces, house freshly ground coffee, and ...

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A new type of hollow optical fibre promises to boost the amount of data that can be carried in each glass strand, and to do so over longer distances. This could help to make telecommunications systems ...

As Apple prepares to release new iPhones this week, industry veterans shared their predictions for what will be the next big thing in personal computing. By Brian X. Chen and Tripp Mickle Reporting ...