UC Berkeley embedded enzymes inside PLA and PCL plastics and observed up to 98% polymer-to-small-molecule conversion. Later research suggests a path to more compostable packaging, but limitations remain.
Researchers at Arizona State University and partner institutions developed larger programmable DNA structures in 2020. The findings remain relevant, but practical applications are still research goals.
How Hoover Dam and Lake Powell were built, why the Colorado River is shrinking, the human and environmental consequences, and the real potential—and limits—of desalination and cloud seeding.
Arizona State University researchers engineered green algae to produce hydrogen using sunlight. The 2020 study was a laboratory proof of concept, not a commercial fuel system.
Arizona State University researchers used a palladium-coated, hydrogen-fed membrane to remove an average 96% of six PFAS compounds and achieve 83% defluorination in a controlled lab test. Real-world costs, catalyst loss and drinking-water performance…
A deep investigation into hydrogen-generating catalysts, hydrated electrons, enzyme nanoparticles, agricultural spray technology and the environmental cost of cleaning wastewater.
London’s Natural History Museum is preparing to transfer 28 million specimens into a new research and digitization center. Here’s how the move will work and why U.S. scientists may benefit.
Superfluid helium can creep along surfaces and form quantum vortices near absolute zero. What a new science documentary gets right about this remarkable state of matter—and how U.S. research advanced quantum physics.
As U.S. agencies encourage alternatives to animal testing, scientists debate which brain-research questions still require primates—and whether human organoids can help fill the gap.
A proposed reduction of Oregon’s primate research colony has raised questions about the future of autism-linked genetic studies, animal welfare, and human-based alternatives.
