"Mattresses are durable, bulky, and often end up in landfills," study co-author and chemical engineer The Hong Phong Nguyen ...

A multimillion-dollar government project is betting that particle accelerators can "burn" through the world's most dangerous ...

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Explore how fungi can transform carrot waste into nutritious edible products, enhancing sustainability and food security.

Researchers at UNSW have discovered a new way to make graphene, a remarkable "wonder material," using just discarded peanut ...

A new solar-driven method transforms plastic waste and microplastics into acetic acid, turning pollution into a valuable chemical.

This was for the first time that the “end-of-life fate” of plastic around the globe, which had ever been manufactured, had been calculated. The authors did so by collating data on production, use, and ...

Firing bricks and making mortar and cement is very costly, but organic chemists are working on more sustainable alternatives -- focusing on building materials made from waste products. In another move ...

MoSi 2 demonstrates clear and large transverse thermopower, establishing itself as a promising candidate for developing efficient transverse thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectric conversion devices ...