Ceramics, or pottery, is one of the oldest known art forms, with some of the earliest pieces dating back as far as the prehistoric period. This ancient practice of hand-building and throwing vessels ...

Engineers have always liked ceramic parts – they are strong, lightweight and handle heat better than many metals, ideal for crafting parts for airplanes or rockets. Heat-shielding tiles on the space ...

A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has successfully developed the world's first-ever 4D printing of ceramics. In a paper published this August in the journal Science Advances, the ...