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Aluminum production creates a toxic byproduct known as red mud. In an effort to cut down on this waste, researchers have figured out a way to send electric pulses through the mud to purify it and allow it to be reused instead of discarded.

Once a harmless drifter in the Sargasso Sea, an algae known as sargassum is now flooding tropical beaches, from Brazil to the Caribbean, with stinky, toxic piles. As it rots, it releases gases like ammonia and methane, turning paradise into a health ...

Tougher than steel, lighter than cotton, and stubbornly elusive to produce. For decades, spider silk has been the material science has long promised but never quite delivered at scale. Now, a Michigan biotech company claims it has cracked the code by ...

While machines have mastered both sight and sound, the sense of taste has proved harder to digitize. We've seen the creation of highly specialized artificial tongues targeting sweetness, chocolate, beer, wine or whisky, but now researchers in Beijing ...

Giant solidified masses of fat, grease, and other waste threaten to clog sewer lines and cause huge spillages in cities worldwide. Researchers at RMIT have developed two novel ways to prevent these blocks of waste from forming.