Materials Inspired by Mother Nature Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so bu... Read more
A Georgia company says it has overcome a major roadblock in turning agricultural waste into vehicle fuel and other useful chemicals by experimenting with a technology that treats the waste w... Read more
Here’s one way that old-fashioned newsprint beats the Internet. Tulane University scientists have discovered a novel bacterial strain, dubbed “TU-103,” that can use paper t... Read more
A research team from Brazil has developed a new form of plant fiber-based plastic that is claimed to be stronger, lighter, and more eco-friendly than plastics currently in use. Team leader A... Read more
Image via Wikipedia New Enzyme May Lead to Cheaper Biofuel Logging residue, branch clippings and even prawn shells may serve as raw materials for cheaper biofuels — thanks to a new enz... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Synthetic biology has allowed scientists to tweak E. coli to produce fuels from sugar and, more sustainably, cellulose The bacteria responsible for most cases of food poi... Read more