She wondered: What if someone could turn the husks and straw discarded by rice farmers into sustainable building materials, thus helping to create low-cost structures that could withstand all forms of ...

Brush up on your crisper drawer etiquette. Put greens and herbs in high humidity, and keep any apples, bananas, avocados, or ...

Two Rice University students are creating a "toxic waste" archive to document environmental issues in Houston’s Fifth Ward.

AKRON (Sept. 22, 2014) — Goodyear is producing fuel-efficient tires through the use of rice husk waste once destined for landfills. The Akron-based tire maker said it plans to use ash left over from ...

Your chairs, synthetic rugs and plastic bags could one day be made out of cocoa, rice and vegetable waste rather than petroleum, scientists are now reporting. The novel process they developed and ...

One of the interesting things about working at Ars is that I occasionally discover that scientists are working to solve problems I didn't even know existed. That was the case this week when I came ...

HOUSTON – (Feb. 16, 2023) – Putting that soda bottle or takeout container into the recycling bin is far from a guarantee it will be turned into something new. Scientists at Rice University are trying ...

Electronic waste (or e-waste) is not only a major pollutant in landfill, but huge amounts of useful resources are being thrown away. Engineers at Rice University have now shown that precious metals ...

Ford Motor Co. is working with Houston-based Rice University to reclaim plastic waste from automotive shredder residue and use it in enhanced auto foam programs. A team led by James Tour at Rice ...