The fact that glass block showers have been around forever — or at least since the early twentieth century — tells you two things. Glass blocks aren't out of style (though some say they're one of the ...

Bricks made of discarded glass and recycling-waste ash have been shown to insulate better than regular bricks, while also requiring less energy to produce. And of course, they additionally use ...

MIT engineers have used 3D printing to create reusable glass bricks that withstand as much pressure as concrete blocks. What if construction materials could be put together, taken apart, and reused as ...

When some design trends go out of style, they stay that way. Others come back around eventually, including the glass block ...

What is it with so many 80s styles making a comeback right now? With fashion, we get it, there are so many cool looks to take from the 80s, but in the world of interiors? Well, it was an era we never ...

NASA's stardust mission successfully collected dust from a comet's tail and returned it to Earth. The aerogel used as the collection medium was developed at JPL. In this 2002 photo is Dr. Peter Tsou ...

Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal walls. What if construction ...

In 1977, a New York Times article by Carter B. Horsley proclaimed that “Glamorous Glass Bricks Are Booming:” once a “less than first-class” material, it was beginning to gain acceptance among ...

Glass isn't as easy to recycle as we might think, so we need as many ways to turn it into new products as we can devise. Researchers at the University of Portsmouth have developed a way to use ...