This article was originally published with the title “How Common Window Glass is Made” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 20 No. 8 (February 1869), p. 114 doi:10.1038 ...

Curious Cat, an animated character, helps two children find out more about how glass is made. The children take a trip to a glass making factory and learn about the raw materials used to make it ...

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.

An inside look at how fiber optic glass is made At Corning’s Wilmington, North Carolina factory, high temperatures and intense chemistry turn silica into the backbone of the internet. Stan Horaczek ...

This glass is made to be nearly unbreakable. Normal glass shatters pretty easily. Solar Gard applies an Armorcoat film to glass. This film prevents it from shattering into small pieces.