Glass is everywhere—windows, bottles, phone screens—so common that we hardly stop to think about it. It feels so natural, yet it’s entirely man-made. We often question what everyday objects are made ...

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 ...

Humans have been chemically modifying their world for far longer than you might think. Long before they had the slightest idea of what was happening chemically, they were turning clay into bricks, ...