Researchers developed a new system for turning used coffee grounds into a paste, which they use to 3D print objects, such as packing materials and a vase. They inoculate the paste with Reishi mushroom ...

Traces of organisms detected in sediments from 7.5 kilometers below the ocean surface reveal how organisms living in the deep sea are engineering their own environments. Analyses of sediment cores ...

In a new study, scientists at Umeå University have found a way to break open the protective walls of pollen grains—one of the ...

Researchers have found that adding just the right amount of disorder to the structure of certain materials can make them more than twice as resistant to cracking.

Compost, the dark, crumbly, earthy-smelling material produced by natural decomposers, provides many benefits to gardeners and ...

They go by many names and are often called peatlands. Only recently have we begun to appreciate peat. Locked away in that soggy soil under ankle-deep water is a tremendous amount of carbon. But ...