The colorful glaze on that ceramic mug of yours may look nice, but there's a chance that it could contain toxic substances. US scientists have thus created a safer type of glaze, that incorporates ...

Scientists led by the Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona and the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, have revealed the chemical ...

Glass-ceramic glazes combine the inherent advantages of glassy coatings with controlled crystalline phases to deliver enhanced mechanical, thermal and aesthetic properties. Unlike traditional ceramic ...

Pottery is a complicated process involving mixing and fine-tuning clay, creating and refining vessels or sculptures, and then developing and applying glazes before firing. Though glazing is one of the ...

Many articles are published on a daily basis illustrating the use of glazes, but the technology employed in their application and composition is quite complex and diverse. Many variations are possible ...

Lithuanian designer Agne Kucerenkaite reveals the value of industrial metal waste in her project Ignorance is Bliss, which sees the material used to make colourful ceramics. Ignorance is Bliss ...

A family of five in NYC is recovering from lead poisoning after the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene discovered they'd been using contaminated cookware. Getty Images/iStockphoto A family of ...