Glass-Making in the Ancient Near East explores glass composition and production from the mid-second to mid-first millennia BC, essentially the first thousand years of glass-making. Multi-element ...

Researchers discover how molecules in ancient glass rearrange and recombine with minerals over centuries to form a patina of photonic crystals -- ordered arrangements of atoms that filter and reflect ...

Around 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, glass vessels, once holding wine, water, or fragrances, tumbled and shattered on the streets. Over the centuries, these shards were buried under layers of earth ...

While on a family vacation in Bermuda, Jake fell in love with glass at an open-air hot shop at the Royal Navy Dock Yard. He studied glass in high school and continued his studies at RIT. Jake is an ...

Some 2,000 years ago in ancient Rome, glass vessels carrying wine or water, or perhaps an exotic perfumes, tumble from a table in a marketplace, and shatter to pieces on the street. As centuries ...