Nanomaterials are being used to give plants novel and augmented functions, with potential applications ranging from self-healing materials to living electronics, report Michael Strano and Juan Pablo ...

Picture an all-electric home with smart appliances that talk to each other via WiFi to figure out when to pull power from the grid. That’s the idea behind something called ‘virtual power plant’ ...

Turning ordinary houseplants into sustainable, glowing lamps may soon become a reality, thanks to groundbreaking research by scientists at MIT. By embedding specialized nanoparticles into plant leaves ...

Stone tools bear tell-tale markings of fiber technology going back 39,000 years Stone tools bear microscopic evidence of ancient plant technology, according to a study published June 30, 2023 in the ...

Reliable energy is the heart of our modern economy, and until recently, it has been something that many could take for granted. But as extreme weather events become more frequent, and increasing ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases – the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To address these challenges, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ...

Asphalt producers/paving contractors often agonize over the substantial investment required to add a new production facility or replace an existing one, and for good reason. A new asphalt plant, which ...

Tecwill is launching its modular relocatable concrete plant concept in the North American market to enable concrete producers to make better concrete with less materials and lower emissions. The ...

Winning POWER’s highest honor is Track 4A, Southern Power Generation’s 1.4-GW natural gas–fired power plant in southern Malaysia that is equipped with the first commercial GE 9HA.02 gas turbines—one ...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NuScale Power today unveiled the official name of its small modular reactor (SMR) power plants – VOYGR™. NuScale is on the frontier of innovation in energy and the ...

iss064e030009 (Feb. 8, 2021) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins works on hydroponics components for the Plant Water Management study that is exploring ways to sustain ...

Parasitic plants are notorious agricultural pests that drain nutrients from crops and cause economic losses of more than USD ...