Call it the 10% Rule: design a product with conventional methods today, and statistically, less than one unit in ten of ...

Amanda Weeks was told by investors that her idea was “not venture-fundable.” Taking water out of waste systems and turning them into household cleaning supplies was a stretch for many in the finance ...

Adding an electrical jolt to fermentation of industrial food waste speeds up the process and increases the yield of platform chemicals that are valuable components in a wide range of products, new ...

Biochar -- a charcoal-like substance made primarily from agricultural waste products -- holds promise for removing emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals from treated wastewater. That's the ...

When we think about agriculture, we often focus on the end product: cotton for a t-shirt, hay destined to feed animals through the winter, or hamburgers for our summer barbecues. However, after we ...