Linked to synthetic metals and plastics in their versatility and durability, ceramics comprise a broad category of such specially shaped and heated products as pottery, porcelain, china, and ceramic tile; ceramics may also be found in cement, plumbing...

"Ceramicist" is actually a term for two different but related fields of work. One definition is a person who deals with the most common find of an ancient archeological site: pottery. With these items, called potsherds, a ceramicist can...

The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικός (keramikos). The term covers inorganic non-metallic materials which are formed by the action of heat. Up until the 1950s or so, the most important of these were the traditional clays,...

By Darren Constantino Look around. In residential and commercial installations, ceramic tile continues to gain popularity. The high cost of vinyl and a trend toward a more natural indoor environment have led to the rise of ceramic tile in the United States....

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The ceramic plates that Ceradyne makes aren't the ones your mother collects.Instead, Ceradyne's CRDN hardened ceramic materials go into the body armor soldiers wear. The product has saved the lives of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.Now Ceradyne is bidding with...

Amid champagne corks and moving boxes, New York Times staffers selected all the news that was fit to print for a final time at their century-old headquarters on Saturday.The newspaper's Manhattan employees were busy packing up their storied stone building in Midtown and moving the...