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Learn how to remove glass beads from metal rods using bead release! Hot glass sticks during creation but comes off easily after kiln annealing. Perfect for bead-making enthusiasts. #BeadMaking ...

A newly found treasure trove of more than 10,000 colorful glass beads and evidence of glassmaking tools, makes scientists think that an ancient city in southwestern Nigeria was one of the first places ...

For several decades, a team of researchers have been carrying out excavations at old cemeteries and villages at sites in central Mali and eastern Senegal. Over the years they’ve come across a handful ...

From as early as the 15th century, Europeans traded glass beads for coveted West African products like ivory, gold, and palm oil. Beads were also used to purchase enslaved Africans, whose labour ...

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched a trial on the Chennai–Bengaluru Highway (NH-44), using a glass bead layer to treat cracks on the road. This move is aimed at enhancing the ...

Many objects in Canadian museums are decorated with glass beads in a multitude of colours, shapes, and sizes. Glass beads are almost always found in combination with other materials. They are ...

NASA Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan drives a moon buggy at the lunar Taurus-Littrow Valley landing site in 1972. No one expected these glittering bits among the gray lunar dust back then. The beads ...

Tiny, orange glass beads discovered on the moon during the Apollo era may reveal an untold history of lunar volcanism. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

You might see the Moon as a grey, lifeless orb that orbits our planet each day. However, many researchers believe that the Moon is more alive than we believe. Further, they believe that the Moon's ...

Scoops of lunar soil still surprise half a century after Apollo 17. The latest astonishment comes from specks of glass “moon beads” that sparkle like confetti under laboratory lights. Each bead ...