ALBANY, N.Y. -- Colored glass always has provided a fascination for the collector, especially the rich red of ruby glass. This type of glass, in which metallic oxides are used to create colors, is ...

We'd like to think that chocolate science has become a perfected art over the last century or so. But scientists would disagree, particularly the chocolate scientists over at Swiss company Barry ...

Scientists at the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) found a new way to improve color, clarity and luster of red ruby — microwaves. Rubies are one of the world's most popular ...

Technicolor film was not color film, and it did not produce anything like lifelike colors. But how did it produce color movies? And why did those colors glow? And why did all of it lead to Dorothy ...

Simmering port wine with orange, cinnamon and honey into a luxuriously syrupy sauce is just the thing to tame a medley of crisp fall fruit into an elegant dessert. Be sure to use a ruby port, as ...