Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images You're rummaging through the cabinets at an estate sale, and you come across a set of 12 beautifully etched wine ...

If you’ve recently been passed down a family member’s glassware collection, you might be curious about some of the pieces with intricate designs. Grandma might have called her catalog her crystal, but ...

University of Oregon physicist Eric Corwin and a team of current and former students have used computer simulations to ...

We recently revisited the great dishwasher detergent and hard water glass-etching drama -- with the promise of a future focus on the cleaning of glassware and crystal. Here's the scoop on the care and ...

Glass was among the most expensive crafting materials before the invention of glassblowing techniques. An ancient recipe for making glass is as simple as annealing a molten mixture of silica sand and ...

The types of glass that we encounter in everyday life, such as window glass or smartphone screens, are disordered solids. This means that they consist of particles locked in place, like those in ...

Our collectors’ submissions this month range from a very uncommon crystal glassware set from the mid 20th century to a ship’s figurehead that may date to the 18th century. I owe a big thanks to Joshua ...

Xiaomi introduced a new in-house protective glass for its latest flagship smartphone, the Xiaomi 14 Pro. Called Dragon Crystal Glass, the new material is claimed to be the hardest and most durable ...