Ordinarily, when ceramic items are manufactured, the raw material has to be fired in a kiln at temperatures exceeding 1,000 ºC (1,832 ºF). Needless to say, it's a very energy-intensive process. Now, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A new process for incorporating fortifying agents into ceramic could strengthen the materials used in aerospace engineering. In an exciting development for the field of aerospace engineering, the ...

CLAIREMONTCLAIREMONT — A year ago this month, Kelvin Crosby was at his lowest ebb, when the tiny bit of clear vision he had left disappeared. Then things got worse. Last fall, the development funding ...