They look like regular glass-block windows and are built according to Texas Department of Insurance requirements to withstand the force of hurricanes and severe weather. When researching your ...

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Drop that window dressing -- that frame could soon go bare. Researchers say they have created a new kind of “smart glass” – one that can, at the flip of a switch, block heat and still stay ...

Glass block windows are seemingly ubiquitous here ... at the high temperatures needed for glass, another advantage over eastern glassmakers, which used less-efficient wood as fuel.

Researchers in China have now spruced up the humble window with hydrogel-glass, a material that can selectively block heat from the ... a few millimeters thick over glass was designed to reflect ...