Doug Linebarrier, a visiting chemistry professor at Wake Forest University, brings an unusual visual aid to his lectures on the topic: this stained-glass artwork he made based on an electron ...

Medieval Stained Glass Science. By Susan K. Lewis; Posted 08.19.10; NOVA; Glassmaking dates back at least as far as the 16th century B.C. In this early epoch, the ancient Assyrians recorded the ...

The chemistry of glass has been finely tuned since those early experiments, and the process has been scaled up to incredible proportions, ...

This post was updated on June 14, 2018 to reflect the fact that several metal oxides can give glass blue fluorescence, not just lead(II) oxide as was previously stated. Chemical & Engineering News ...

Contemporary expressions of the ancient art and craft of stained glass provide a way to encounter God and an interpretation of religious faith, says Florida artist Jim Piercey.

In a finding that could help answer fundamental questions about how glass forms, scientists have discovered that the structure of amber barely changes even after tens of millions of years. "What ...

Westminster Abbey windows help shine light on glass myth Date: December 18, 2017 Source: Penn State Summary: Gazing through the stained-glass windows of London's Westminster Abbey can evoke ...