Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP) have developed a new method for producing polyurethane without the use of toxic isocyanates, a key ingredient traditionally ...

Swinburne University has developed a fungi-based method to transform discarded mattresses into sustainable building ...

Swinburne researchers have turned old, unwanted mattresses into safe and sustainable building insulation materials using fungi. The team grew a common fungus together with shredded mattress foam to ...

Do you need to deodorize smelly sneakers or polish Grandma’s silver? Turns out the cornstarch in your pantry can be used for more than baking chewy cookies and thickening puddings and sauces. If you ...

Ashlyn Needham is an expert decor and design writer with 6 years of writing for brands and personal clients. She has been published in The Spruce, Southern Living, House Digest, Family Handyman, and ...

When you launch a new product, your vision for its use might differ from how customers actually use it. Ivar Jacobson created the first use case model in 1987 while working at Ericsson. It started as ...

On shelves at a Humanetics facility in Huron, Ohio, skulls stare from their eyeless sockets, shiny and silver. Around a corner, a rack is filled with squishy, peach-toned arms, legs, torsos and butts.

A new study published in ACS Materials Au reports a novel way to convert industrial lignin waste into porous, bio-based materials capable of removing both chemical pollutants and bacteria from water.

Culinary tools are always advancing, and the technology we use to cook is leagues ahead of where it was just 20 years ago. But have you ever wondered what happened to those old-fashioned kitchen items ...

In light of the growing demand for energy storage for the energy transition, there is an urgent need for cost-effective, safe and resource-efficient battery technologies. Sodium-ion batteries based on ...