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Microbeads' detriment to the environment is well-documented, yet many companies continue to put the tiny plastic spheres in their products. Scientists at the University of Bath came up with a solution. They created microbeads...

Did you know there is a DeathLab at Columbia University? Operating under the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, DeathLab puruse sustainable designs for futuristic cemeteries, and they recently won...

Researchers at the universities of Bath and York say they have developed an alternative to palm oil that is completely orangutan safe. The high demand for the oil of palm trees, harvested in the big apes’ habitat, threatens...

When one thinks of houses made from straw, typically an image of wolves, pigs and less than stellar construction methods come to mind. But in the UK of Bristol, the nation's first straw-bale houses have just gone on sale—and...

There's a new type of seismic imaging called Acoustic Zoom, and it's better than older forms of sonar for both dolphins and scientists alike. It works by emitting smaller amounts of energy over a longer period of time,...

Like peanut butter and jelly or chips and dip, some things were just meant to go together. A team from the University of Bath in collaboration with SME McCamley Middle East Ltd has developed a new wind turbine that they claim...

Concrete photo from Shutterstock Sooner or later, even the best sidewalk in the country will develop a crack or two. When this happens, workers are deployed to either fill in the damage or lay down completely new swaths of...