Plastic items often serve as affordable placeholders in many people's homes, but there's a more planet-friendly material that ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most plastics are based on petroleum. A bio-plastic that consists of one hundred percent renewable raw materials helps to conserve this resource. Researchers have now optimized the ...

With major auto manufactures rushing to green their upcoming vehicle lines as quickly as possible, Ford Motor Company has announced that it is researching an innovative material that may one day ...

BERLIN, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Two German scientists invented "liquid wood," which has the potential to save significant fossil fuel and natural resources. How about a renewable plastic that has wood-like ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Just in time for Christmas, German researchers are ramping up a manufacturing technique for making intricate Nativity figurines, toys, and even hi-fi speaker boxes from a renewable and surprisingly ...

“Liquid wood” might sound like something Lex Luthor would use to choke the planet, but the innovation’s chief allure is green. Also known as Arboform, it was first invented by researchers at the ...

Lee Torrens, the president of Ensyn Fuels Inc., presented his plans to build a biorefinery on the former East Millinocket mill site to industry leaders at the Forest Resources Association's forestry ...

Most plastics are based on petroleum. A bio-plastic that consists of one hundred percent renewable raw materials helps to conserve this resource. Researchers have now optimized the plastic in such a ...

Recently, scientists have been touting “liquid wood,” a bizarre new material which some think could become as ubiquitous as plastic. Ford, eager to burnish its green credentials, took notice: One of ...