Ordinarily, if a window goes around the corner of a building, it's made of two flat panes of glass that are joined together by a metal rail or glue. Now, though, German scientists have developed a ...

Take a look at your smartphone. The chances are incredibly high that the sheets of glass covering the front and back come from a company called Corning. You almost certainly know it by its more famous ...

Picture: AMÉRICAS 1500 by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos in Guadalajara, Mexico is swathed in Cristacurva's Oversize Glass panels. (Rafael Gamo) Made in sizes up to 300 inches wide and 130 inches tall, ...

Seven years ago Alastair Pilkington, a glass expert, whose father Sir Harry is chief of Britain’s great Pilkington glass company, was helping his wife wash dishes. Watching the suds floating on the ...