Alice Hamilton was known for her “shoe leather” epidemiology — wearing out the soles of her shoes from all the trips to ...

Modal fabric is versatile and definitely has some environmentally friendly benefits, but there are a few details shoppers ...

Carbon disulfide is made for commercial use by combining carbon and sulfur at very high temperatures. It has been an important industrial chemical since the 1800s because of its many useful properties ...

Screen-printed, biodegradable soil sensors that can be composted at the end of their lifecycle could enable farmers to ...

There’s no such thing as a lyocell plant, and the name “lyocell” doesn’t reveal much about its story. Lyocell is a type of rayon that’s becoming increasingly popular as an allegedly sustainable ...

The University of Glasgow has created a pH sensor for soil testing that can be composted at the end of its life. It is an ...

However, they produce other side effects and environmental challenges. Sodium hydroxide and carbon disulfide are produced during the process and production of common cellulose-based materials such as ...

Soil sensors that are screen-printed and biodegradable could help farmers to improve crop yields while reducing electronic ...

Sheets of bismuth, gallium, indium, tin and lead can now be made just a few atoms thick by crushing them at a high temperature and pressure between two sapphires ...

Javier Sanchez-Yamagishi, a physicist who studies 2D materials at the University of California, Irvine, likens the accomplishment to the creation of graphene, an atomically thin layer of carbon.

Researchers have identified the human enzyme APEH as a crucial activator of antimalarial prodrugs, paving the way for more ...