Every time you drive, board a plane or water your lawn, you're relying on a material that has quietly powered modern life for ...
University of South Florida scientists have solved a decades-old mystery behind reinforced rubber – a material used in ...
When we think of materials, we usually think of substances like metal, concrete, glass or rubber. What these examples have in ...
A tightly packed ball of office staples can be surprisingly strong. Try to pull it apart and the tangled metal resists like a ...
Researchers have identified more than 600,000 microbial proteins capable of breaking down natural and synthetic plastics, ...
What are we missing?” A nationwide gap in phonics instruction galvanized the science of reading movement. But as the movement ...
It’s seed-starting and planting season, and that means it’s likely buying season. This year, consider not only the gardening gear and plants you bring ...
Over time, plastics break into smaller and smaller fragments called microplastics and — when they’re invisible to the naked eye — nanoplastics. The human body’s mechanisms ...