Chinese researchers have developed the world's first-ever 4D printing for ceramics that are mechanically robust and can have complex shapes, offering broad potential applications in telecommunications, electronics and even space exploration.
Besides the variety of books, they also provide activities relating to Chinese culture, including bamboo weaving, paper cutting, ceramics, tea practice, flower arrangement and ancient Chinese plucked instrument playing.
A pair of rare Chinese famille rose vases from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) sold for 13 million pounds at Christie's auction house in London last Tuesday, making it one of the top 10 most-expensive Chinese ceramics sold at auction.
Important documents of our age can probably avoid the same fate in the future thanks to a new fire-resistant paper developed by a team of scientists at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Shapeways is able to manufacture in other materials -- stainless steel, sandstone, ceramics -- from its other facilities.
Guangxi Sanhuan Group, based in Beiliu, a city in China's southern Guangxi province known locally for its ceramics and porcelain ware, said they came out tops over more than 50n companies bidding to produce royal wedding porcelain,fighting off stiff competition from manufacturers around the globe.
Some examples of the most stable collectibles are old masters, Chinese ceramics, stamps, coins, rare books, antique jewelry, silver, porcelain, art by well-known artists, autographs, and period furniture.
This contains an international collection of a thousand plus objects including ceramics, glass, metalwork, furniture, costumes, textiles, toys, dolls houses and even armour.
