It might not look like much, but that’s because it isn’t much! Like many of science’s greatest finds, this three-atom thick sheet of glass (well, a view of it from an electron microscope) was discovered by accident when an air leak caused carbon, copper and quartz to react, producing this marvel. More »
You probably haven’t given much thought to the fact that there’s a slab of chemically strengthened glass in your pocket, deflecting blows from keys or any other hard objects that might scratch against it, or that the hundreds of millions of similar slices of glass lining pockets around the world wasn’t possible not so long ago. More »
It turns out Apple’s questionable rebuild of its 5th Avenue store wasn’t in vain — the company now has the ability to make some pretty daring glass structures. Case in point: this French shop will be almost totally transparent. More »
Oh these are clever. CLEVER I say, and pretty: a cocktail glass surrounded by a normal glass. The inside out Martini for the upside down Bond in you. More »
Reflections and glare on your electronic devices is irritating and causes eye strain. Nippon Electric Glass is battling glare for eyeballs everywhere with their so-impressive-you-can’t-even-see-it Invisible Glass. More »
I’ve lost nearly as many wine glasses to the dishwasher’s fickle flow as I have to my own 2am clumsiness—and that’s saying something. But the clunkily named Tether Stemware Saver might just save me from those shards. More »
