A balloon sits tangled on the rocky coast after washing ashore. Bills are pending in a growing number of states to ban the feel-good tradition of releasing helium-filled balloons at events, since they ...

Glass is an essential part of everyday life, from drinking glasses to mirrors and eyeglasses. However, the widespread use of non-biodegradable glass has led to environmental hazards. To tackle this ...

Levine Cancer Institute Financial Toxicity Control Program: Expanding the program to reduce fiscal vulnerability of patients. Estimated environmental footprint in the U.S. population of patients with ...

In a recent study published in Advanced Materials, a team of researchers developed a novel small-diameter biodegradable vascular graft that aids the formation of elastin-containing structures in the ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) As wearable technologies like smart watches and fitness trackers continue to grow in popularity, scientists are searching for ways to make these devices more environmentally ...

Everyone is familiar with glass—from putting on eyeglasses, pushing open the window, standing in front of a mirror, to holding a water glass. Glass is ubiquitous in nature and essential to human life.

Non-disposable multi-use straws are certainly one alternative, although not everyone is always going to have such a straw on them whenever they grab a drink while out and about.

Small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, hold promise to treat tumors, through their ability to specifically knock down oncogenes that promote tumor growth, without the toxicity that accompanies ...

A team of scientists at MIT and experts from other parts of the world developed a silk-based product that could replace industrial microplastics. The product is inexpensive and easy to manufacture, ...