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 ...

SInae Kim has found a way to glaze ceramics using human urine. Ceramics is an ancient industry going back thousands of years. Humans have been glazing their ceramics since as far back as the 8th ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- After last fall's first Syracuse China giveaway, local pottery and ceramic makers found themselves mobbed with calls. Suddenly hundreds of people wanted to glaze their Syracuse China ...

Introduced as a medicinal drink around 2700 B.C., tea has grown to be the one of the most popular beverages worldwide. One of the key reasons for its popularity is its rich content of flavonoids and ...

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 ...

The trials were carried out at a respected ceramic frit and glaze manufacturer in Alcora, Spain, using a pilot plant that closely mirrors real-world tile production. They were carefully supervised by ...

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 ...

Since the early 1990s, numerous studies in Mexico have demonstrated an association between the use of lead-glazed ceramic cooking ware (LGC) and elevated blood lead levels. We sought to determine ...