For Kyle Meyer, glass blowing is more than just a hobby: it is the way he makes a living. Meyer, the latest manager of The University of Georgia’s Scientific Glass Shop, has been working there since ...

Tim Drier works with scientific glass all day, but what if he took some of those techniques he's perfected for scientific glass and applies them to standard barware? Watch as Tim takes us step-by-step ...

It all started with glass beads. Those unassuming but pretty craft store staples that serve as the foundation of many a homemade necklace. Annalee Pickett loved the little round pieces of glass, and ...

Underpinning UC Berkeley’s world-renowned laboratories, research and numerous Nobel Prize winners lies a uniquely precise craft: scientific glassblowing. West Berkeley’s Adams & Chittenden Scientific ...

In this week’s Made in Connecticut, we meet a scientific glassblower – a decades old profession called on for work in research labs at institutions and corporations. Rob Wallace of Arch One Glass in ...

Adapted from "The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another," by Ainissa Ramirez. Published by The MIT Press. All rights reserved. In the late ...

If you heard your university had a resident glass blower, what would come to mind? You might be thinking of someone who creates vases or artwork using molten glass. In the case of UW-Milwaukee, their ...

If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

Microbiology researchers commenced their scientific experiment a few years ago, which represents only 1% of the time span the study is intended to cover. In ...

Salem Community College’s instructional chair of scientific glass technology Bob Russell has commemorated the 60th anniversary of his department by researching and chronicling its history. As a 1979 ...