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 ...

Ceramic glazes have long intrigued both scholars and craftsmen for their rich and varied appearances. Central to this field is the interplay between chemical and structural colouration. Modern ...

A New Haven ceramic artist and Yale University material scientist have teamed up to turn eggshells into a sustainable ingredient for ceramic glaze. The waste egg glaze, they found, is just as good as ...

IT has been known for some months that Prof. T. E. Thorpe, F.R. S., and Prof. T. Oliver, had been commissioned by the Home Secretary to investigate the use of lead compounds in the production of ...

Making your own ceramics can be a way to express your creativity, but some techniques and materials used in the process could be harmful. Today, scientists report progress toward a new type of glaze ...