In 1970, a group of scientists working at glass manufacturer Corning came up a method to make pure silica glass, allowing signals—emails, websites, Fortnite sessions—to traverse the 125 micron ...

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After cooling, a third heating step, known as sintering, melts the silica particles together at temperatures topping 2,300 F to convert the object into clear glass with a smooth, non-layered texture.

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