On a site next to a sawmill in Waverly, Virginia, a startup takes sawdust and offcuts from the mill and heats it up to turn it into biochar, a material that can store carbon for hundreds or thousands ...

A new study has shown that spent coffee grounds, one of the world’s most familiar daily wastes, can be transformed into a high performance, biodegradable thermal insulation material with potential ...

As the climate changes, large parts of southern Australia are projected to get drier. Extreme rains are also becoming more common. For farmers, these changes pose big risks. What can we do to manage ...

A recent article in Scientific Reports presents a study on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) films embedded with biochar-modified titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanocomposites, developed to improve water treatment ...