Engineers from Australia and China have invented a sponge-like device that captures water from thin air and then releases it in a cup using the sun's energy, even in low humidity where other ...

Strong and light carbon-fiber composites can be easily and cost-effectively recycled into new material just as strong as the originals, a team of researchers led by CU-Boulder has found. The ...

One of the places where carbon fiber composites are commonly used today are in wind turbine blades. One of the biggest downsides to those wind turbine blades is that the material can't be recycled.

The new cups, announced ahead of Earth Day, are made with up to 20% less plastic and will require less water to make, but come amid a new report that found plastic production continues to pose a ...

Reusable products are on the rise in the U.S. to curb plastic waste but it is instead increasing the amount of carbon emissions. A water bottle needs to be used 500 times to make up for it.