When we think about agriculture, we often focus on the end product: cotton for a t-shirt, hay destined to feed animals through the winter, or hamburgers for our summer barbecues. However, after we ...

With the global population projected to reach nearly 10 billion within 25 years, the pressure to feed billions more people is mounting — and Cornell scientists are turning to food scraps for answers.

Cellulose-based textile material can make the clothing sector more sustainable. Currently, cellulose-based textiles are mainly made from wood, but a study headed by researchers from Chalmers ...

For many Nigerian women, access to sanitary pads remains a challenge. Even those who can obtain them, the prevalence of ...

Hydrogen could be made using agricultural waste under a new production process that uses less energy than existing methods and emits no greenhouse gases. The novel process turns bioethanol into clean ...

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Excess nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus are among the leading causes of water pollution worldwide, fueling harmful algal blooms and degrading aquatic ecosystems. Now, researchers have ...

University of Delaware senior Aidan Gensure knew he was interested in engineering when he came to UD. But the University helped him discover another passion — food science — during a Fundamentals of ...

It’s hard to green the desert. Take China, or Africa’s Sahel region, for example. Their “Great Green Walls,” grand projects to beat back encroaching desert by planting trees, have required decades of ...

By Stephen AGBEMASIKUEvery year, Ghana’s cocoa farmers harvest one of the most valuable agricultural commodities on the planet. Ghana is the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, contributing ...