Researchers have found a way to synthesize polyesters from leftover cooking oil, including a powerful adhesive. The fatty acids in cooking oil are ideal for making polymers because the hydrocarbon ...

Prairie strips can improve measures of soil health faster than expected, according to new research by Iowa State University scientists working in cooperation with the Soil Health Institute. Prairie ...

Mouna Reda receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Samir Chidiac receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. McMaster ...

Concrete is everywhere. It's the second most used material in the world after water, and can be found in buildings and infrastructure in every corner of the globe. Scientists at Aarhus University in ...

Scientists in Singapore have found a way for concrete to absorb CO2 instead of emitting it. Could this invention finally make construction part of the climate solution? I nearly skipped past the press ...

Imagine if people in Boston were offered the chance to vote to tack a penny on the sales tax with the proceeds dedicated to the T. This is your annual reminder that other American cities can do ...

East Lansing — Researchers with Michigan State University's College of Engineering contend that they've solved one of the most persistent problems facing Michigan — potholes. And not just potholes, ...

The science pros at The King of Random test if sticky tack can actually hold up a human. Tropical Storm Melissa spaghetti models show chances of striking Florida Aldi Just Made a Big Change Inside Its ...

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A tool made from a modified glue gun can now repair broken bones in surgery by 3D-printing grafts directly onto them. Bone implants have historically been made of metal, donor bone and more recently ...

With slight modifications, hot glue guns commonly used in arts and crafts can repair damaged bones quickly and cheaply, researchers say. Bones can repair themselves after small injuries, but if there ...

The King of Random tests if sticky tack can hold up a person. Governor Glenn Youngkin rescinds executive Order 54 Federal agents charge Michigan couple with allegedly employing hundreds of ...