While there is usually much consideration that goes into choosing the right style of windows and doors, all too often, one of the most important elements of this decision, the type of glass used to ...

Using the iridescent mother-of-pearl often found lining seashells, researchers have engineered a new composite glass with a greatly boosted resistance to impacts. Glass's transparency and durability ...

The continuous-glass-fibre segment (continuous-filament glass fibre/reinforcement glass fibre) accounts for a good part of business in the overall glass sector, in terms of tonnage and (especially) ...

The best way to understand glass is to understand how it is made. The first step to make glass requires heating up a mixture of minerals – often soda ash, limestone and quartz sand – until they melt ...

Most types of glass can be recycled an endless number of times without losing purity or quality, but there are a few varieties that should stay out of your recycling bin. Here we look at the different ...