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A new protective fabric boosts strawberry yields by as much as 3.56 times while blocking insects and still allowing sunlight,[…]

Irrigation increases crop yields, so the same amount of food can be grown on a smaller area. If U.S. irrigation[…]

A new concrete mixture is stronger and can absorb carbon dioxide from the air. It combines porous zeolite with bamboo[…]

A new solar powered desalination method produces drinking water from seawater without chemical additives. Its self-cleaning surface separates and collects[…]

Yeast has been engineered to turn PET plastic and agricultural waste into ingredients for protein-rich, 3D-printed cookies. The system can[…]

Shading crops with solar panels makes outdoor labor safer and protects tomatoes. This cooling effect can reduce water loss from[…]

The world produces about 4 billion tons of cement every year. By closing the loop on the same reaction that[…]

Western Australia’s iron-rich rocks can naturally generate hydrogen and the process may be boosted to produce much larger amounts. If[…]

If all U.S. food waste had a second life as biogas and compost, it would almost completely offset its climate[…]