Plastic waste is a global issue, and the United States is the largest contributor; however, a team at Southern Illinois ...

Building material samples from the University of Delaware spent six months mounted outside the International Space Station, where the harsh conditions of low Earth orbit tested their limits.

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Some 40 years ago, physicists noticed certain metals were conducting electricity in a bizarre way no one could explain. New ...

The future hydrogen economy may hinge on iridium, a metal so rare that only about 8 tonnes are produced worldwide each year.

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Nanotechnology offers advanced solutions to pressing environmental challenges like pollutant removal, climate change mitigation, and green energy ...

Scientific breakthroughs that make chemistry safer, more efficient and more sustainable will be honored by the American ...

Silica aerogels are among the lightest and most-insulating materials in the world. Made of ultraporous 3D networks of silica ...

From Bloom to PRISM explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping education, urging a rethink of learning models, ...

The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Engineering and Materials Science at Queen Mary University of London, and it works by transforming invisible ...

Peer into a recycling bin and you'll almost certainly see a problem. Plastic trays, bottles, films all tangled together, ...