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Engineers turn coconut shells into road material; 12.5% biochar makes asphalt stronger and more heat-resistant |
What usually ends up as agricultural waste could have another use beneath our wheels. Engineers have…
Scientists found a new lizard species above 15,750 feet in Peru’s Andes; the 6-to-8cm animal uses white scales and patterned markings to blend into one of South America’s harshest high-altitude landscapes
The species was identified by researchers associated with the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University,…
Scientists turned waste wool into building panels; the material was stiff enough for cladding and helped reduce heat transfer |
Wool production reaches around 2 billion kilograms worldwide each year, yet a significant amount is left…
‘There’s so much money to be made’: Trump defends US data centres, warns they could go to China
US President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the rapid expansion of massive…
In 1939, a California family bought a Joseph Kleitsch painting from his widow for $100; 75 years later, their daughter brought it to Antiques Roadshow and heard a $500,000 valuation
A painting bought for just $100 in 1939 turned into one of the more remarkable discoveries…
A fabric developed from military clothing research was placed over strawberry plants; field tests produced 3.56 times more fruit |
A fabric originally developed through military clothing research has shown an unexpected use in agriculture. Researchers…
Australia released 17 threatened bettongs into a predator-free reserve; the digging marsupials could help restore the forest ecosystem |
A threatened native species is returning to Ngambaa Nature Reserve on the NSW mid-north coast, with…
Meet Daniel Cox, a Sydney student who built a solar-thermal weed-control system that achieved 92% weed mortality without chemicals |
Representative Image of a solar-thermal weed-control system with motorised mirrors directing sunlight on plants in a…
After 40 years as one of the Great Lakes’ most degraded sites, Muskegon Lake had 347,350 tons of debris and 190,000 tons of contaminated soil removed | World News
PC: Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership/ NOAA Fisheries Muskegon Lake in Michigan has been removed from the…