A cheap and efficient way of making ceramic films has earned a patent for a team of chemists at the University of Massachusetts. Professor Patricia Bianconi and her team of two graduate students, ...

A potter's wheel can be incredibly sexy: Think of Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in "Ghost." But making ceramics can also be a fun and relaxing diversion. When Julia Sinisi, 73, wants to fuel her ...

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — David Carroll's business plan to open a space in downtown Martinsburg for people to learn how make their own pottery and become artists themselves did not include acquiring a ...

An ultrafast method can drastically reduce the time needed to synthesize ceramics, cutting prep time from several hours to less than a minute (Science 2020, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz7681). The ...

Ceramics are common materials used in electronics and other applications. But the conventional process, mixing solid starting materials and sticking them in a high-temperature furnace for several ...

Rethinking the process used to machine industrially important ceramics could reduce damaging cracks and chips. Rethinking the process used to machine industrially important ceramics could reduce ...