Rwanda could become a significant player in the glass manufacturing value chain, supported by an estimated 73 million tonnes of silica-rich sand reserves spread across the country according to Rwanda ...

A Sangam-era furnace used for glass bead manufacture at Kadalmangalam near Uthiramerur in Kancheepuram district (L) and glass beads in different shapes and colours Researchers say it could have been a ...

Perhaps you've been sipping summer iced tea out of a mason jar, or patting the side of a ketchup bottle at a barbecue. You might not know that glassware was once made locally, and you can still see ...

As a senior project for her undergraduate degree, designer Sarah Roseman created a new kind of artform entirely: a fusion between glass and textile. Sarah Roseman's soft silica worked into a lace-like ...

Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world’s population, restoring soil fertility and sustaining crops. Excessive and inefficient use of those resources can present an environmental ...

Mark Zupan, Alfred University president, speaks during a press conference and reception held at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn on research conducted at Alfred University to create an ...

Imagine being an explorer, cracking open a 10,000-year-old tomb, uncovering a priceless ancient artifact – and getting rickrolled. Our deep descendants might just get the pleasure, thanks to a Global ...

Microsoft Research, the R&D arm of the Redmond software giant, is testing the storage of huge amounts of data on glass plates in a futuristic initiative dubbed “Project Silica.” If successful, it ...