Borosilicate glass has been around since the 1800s, when the son of a window maker invented the process of adding boric oxide to the standard recipe, giving it an unusual strength. We know it as the ...

If you work in a lab, you’ve probably used lab glass made from quartz. But you probably haven’t realized that the reason those test tubes are so durable is exactly what makes them so hard to mold.

New Delhi: Come July, manufacturers of laboratory glassware will need to comply with new standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as demand for high-quality scientific equipment grows ...

Before heading out the door after a day of research at Corning Glass Works in 1913, physicist Jesse T. Littleton grabbed the sawed-off bottom of a round borosilicate glass battery jar. He did so at ...

Disposable broken glassware includes any laboratory glassware that does not contain or is not contaminated with more than a trace amount of chemicals or any radioactive or biohazardous material.