Firozabad's glass bangle industry, once the beating heart of an entire city's economy, is unravelling, undone by changing tastes, punishing fuel costs, and a craft that never quite modernised. Here's ...

Most people associate ash and churning lava with volcanic activity, but volcanoes also produce formations that look unnervingly like human ponytails. – Graphic: The Star Most people associate ash and ...

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In this video, we explore the speed at which we can spin bulletproof glass using a powerful waterjet. The explosions are captured in intricate detail with a Phantom Slow Motion camera.

A spun bearing is one of the most dreaded failures in any engine — stock or race, gasoline or diesel, it doesn't discriminate. The damage is often catastrophic, the repair bill rarely pretty, and the ...

It may resemble a cross between some sort of bizarre alien plant and a funky Christmas decoration, but this is neither. This is a spun glass caterpillar, a North American member of the slug moth ...

Most people associate ash and churning lava with volcanic activity, but volcanoes also produce formations that look unnervingly like human ponytails. Known as Pele’s hair, these extremely thin strands ...

The award-winning theatre company, Spun Glass Theatre, celebrates two years as managers of Stade Hall in Hastings, with two exciting new shows and news of a brand-new community box office. Did you ...

Few U. S. industries are livelier, more ingenious than the glass industry. Two of its most important divisions are bottle glass and flat glass. The bottle division continually wars with the tin-can ...

Scientists at Microsoft Research in the United States have demonstrated a system called Silica for writing and reading information in ordinary pieces of glass which can store two million books’ worth ...

From Chick-fil-A’s early days serving Guests in 1946 to today’s new Frosted Sodas and Floats, see how Icedream ® remains the sweet center of the Chick-fil-A menu. Long before the Hand-Spun Milkshakes ...