By coaxing soil bacteria into fixing more nitrogen, gene-edited wheat shows how crops might one day sidestep synthetic ...

In a rare scientific analysis of pending energy legislation, researchers put two competing policy approaches to the test.

New analysis shows that charred coffee grounds make increase concrete's strength by 30% and shrink its carbon footprint by ...

Long seen as a waterborne problem, microfiber pollution is increasingly traced to dryer vents. Studies point to inexpensive ...

Solar panels are a wonderful way to capture the sun’s energy for electric power. Another way to use solar energy, fast-gaining traction around the world, is to drive chemical reactions with it and ...

If you think about it, it really is an unbelievable chain of events: Earth, a planet shaped by water and home to millions of different life forms, assembles, from a billion molecules, a person who ...

After water, concrete is the most-used material in the world. And now, researchers have given this ubiquitous building material super powers. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team has found a ...

Decades of monitoring failed to detect it, but the Covid lockdown showed that human activity—not just predators or habitat—has been quietly stifling Bonelli’s eagle reproduction.

A new film that can be made from widely-available food waste is as effective as conventional plastics at shielding food from moisture and oxygen, its inventors say. The novel material was made by ...

Before refrigerators were invented, people used ice boxes to keep food cold. A large block of ice in a top compartment of the box—typically made of wood and packed with insulating straw or ...