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Starch is a component of flour, a thickening agent in cookingViktor Fischer/Alamy Building tiny sheets and cages from starch particles...

While everyone’s been focused on accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles to cut carbon emissions, a technological hero has been...

Imageomics, a new field of science, has made stunning progress in the past year and is on the verge of...

Consider lunch. Perhaps a nice ham sandwich. A slice of a knife neatly halves the ham and its two bread...

The AI program Sora generated a video featuring this artificial woman based on a text promptSora/OpenAI OpenAI has unveiled its...

Imitation caviar invented in the 1930s could provide the solution to plastic pollution, claims Pierre Paslier, CEO of London-based packaging...

In a new study, researchers have developed a method for capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, powered by clean and...

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About 3 per cent of all carbon emissions are due to the shipping industryGreenOak/Shutterstock A 240-metre-long container ship called the...

But this is only half of the problem that needs solving. For those who do want to seek treatment, there...

For many people with dementia and the caregivers helping them live at home, mealtime is no picnic.  The home environment...

CLIMATEWIRE | Climate scientists, environmental activists and philanthropists met privately last month to prepare for an expected surge of Silicon...

An artist’s impression of a hollow nanowire emitting doughnut-shaped laser lightMasato Takiguchi et al./ACS Photonics/American Chemical Society 2024 Tiny, hollow...

So what’s going on here? For one, the oceans have been steadily warming over the decades, absorbing something like 90...

Clinical studies suggest the Mediterranean diet, and one of its main components, extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), improves cognitive function...

Consumers in the United States can now pre-order a genetically engineered plant for their home or garden that glows continuously....