We have a huge plastic waste problem at the moment, but there are efforts to make use of this throw-away resource – including using trash collected from canals to make office furniture, creating ...

Many people in developing countries who have lost a limb live with a common problem: They have no prosthesis. Josh Tacca, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, traveled to Quito, Ecuador, last ...

The problem of plastic pollution has grown into one of the most urgent environmental challenges facing the modern world, with millions of tons of discarded material entering the ocean, rivers, and ...