Glass science has evolved into a multidisciplinary field that interrogates the unique structural, chemical, and optical properties of glass materials. Owing to their inherent disorder and ...

We tried a simple at-home science experiment using food coloring, oil, and water to see if it really creates fireworks in a glass. After mixing colors and slowly pouring everything together, the ...

A team of scientists from nine institutions in government, academia and industry discovered that many kinds of glass have similar atomic structure and can successfully be made in space. This photo was ...

Glassblower Freddie Blache, left, cools and shapes molten glass while speaking to students during a science and arts lesson Wednesday at W.A. Threadgill Primary School.

John Mauro and doctoral student Brittney Hauke perform a calorimetry experiment on a glass sample. Mauro joined Penn State in 2017 after an 18-year career at Corning. Photo provided This article was ...

Glass is one of those materials we often take for granted, yet it quietly shapes nearly every aspect of our lives. Think about it—it’s in the screen you’re reading this on, the windows that let ...