Glass is one of humanity’s oldest materials, and it is still used widely for everything from drinking vessels and packaging to optics and communications. Unfortunately, the methods for working with ...
SAXONBURG, Pa., Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE: COHR), a global leader in photonics, today announced the development of a high-precision molded 2D lens array leveraging its ...
Open to students in every major, Interdisciplinary Hot Casting explores a range of traditional and non-traditional techniques ...
The technique is claimed to be capable of producing much more complex objects than is possible with glass molding or blowing. It's also said to be considerably faster than 3D printing, plus it doesn't ...
Researchers present a new, low-temperature method for injection-molding transparent fused silica glass, similar to how many plastic objects are manufactured. According to the authors, the process ...
OSAKA, Japan & KAWASAKI, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) and Institute of Microchemical Technology Co., Ltd. (IMT) jointly developed a technology for mass production of ...
Flat glass is boring. All the fanciest Android phones sport curved glass displays. Not to be left out of the display-warping ways, Apple has patented its own glass-bending process. Apple's patent ...
Archaeology magazine offers compelling narratives about the human past from every corner of the globe. Edited for a general audience, our news, features, and photo essays employ in-depth reporting, ...
When, at the age of 9 or so, Lino Tagliapietra first became aware of the glass-blowing industry in his native Murano, an island off of Venice in northern Italy, he was instantly thrilled. At the age ...