Conservation has never lacked ideas. Protected areas, payments for ecosystem services, community management, certification schemes, and public campaigns have all been promoted as solutions to ...

In science fiction, the use of gunpowder-based weapons is generally portrayed as something from a savage past, with ...

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NYU scientists are using light to precisely control how tiny particles organize themselves into crystals. Their research, published in Chem, provides a simple and reversible method for forming ...

Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

Researchers found a way to turn plastic waste into the main ingredient in vinegar using sunlight and a simple iron based ...