At just 24, Johannesburg-based visual artist  Sichumile Adam  is making waves with a bold new body of work that reimagines ...

Ralph Ziman has always been a pacifist — so much so that he became a conscientious objector and left his home country of ...

A seventy-million-dollar renovation beautifully presents the museum’s non-Western art—even if doubts remain about whether all ...

Astronauts have discovered tiny glass beads, called “Moon beads,” in lunar soil brought back by the Apollo 17 mission. These beads are valuable to scientists to learn more about the Moon’s past.

A Nigerian research archaeologist, Abidemi Babalola, has been awarded the 2025 Dan David Prize for his archaeological work on the history of glass beads. Mr Babalola’s research on glass beads ...

Scientists have probed tiny glass beads among NASA's Apollo 17 rock samples and found new information about the moon's ancient volcanoes.

His most notable contribution lies in uncovering the primary production of glass in pre-15th-century West Africa. His studies have shown that ancient forest communities developed and supplied glass ...

The Apollo astronauts didn't know what they'd find when they explored the surface of the moon, but they certainly didn't expect to see drifts of tiny, bright orange glass beads glistening among ...

Researchers have developed glass fertilizer beads that slowly release nutrients, reducing runoff, emissions and environmental harm. The beads, tested on grass and lettuce, sustained plant growth ...

Glass fertilizer beads could be a sustained nutrient delivery system Date: February 21, 2025 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: Agricultural fertilizers are critical for feeding the world ...