A few years ago, researchers in Michal Lipson's lab noticed something remarkable. They were working on a project to improve ...

Banning single-use plastic, including via bag bans, is crucial for protecting public health, reducing pollution and creating ...

Commentary: We have to wean ourselves off single-use plastics quickly, and banning them is the most effective way of ...

Until fairly recently, most cars had oil filters that were replaced as a whole unit. Now, though, filter cartridges are ...

Researchers at Fudan University have built the world’s first fully functional memory chip made from a material only a few ...

Although largely recognizable to anyone who had a video game console in the 80s or 90s, cartridges have long since ...

A new chip design includes 41 vertical layers of semiconductor and insulator materials, which allow it to outrun the limits ...

Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential ...

Chinese-owned chip maker Nexperia told suppliers last week it wouldn’t ship product after the Dutch government took control ...

The oil drain plug is typically a reusable part in older cars with old-school metal or aluminum oil pans. With most only needing a rubber O-ring or crush washer replacement whenever they're reinserted ...

Convolutional neural networks, or CNNs, are the workhorses behind many of AI's greatest hits, like spotting faces in photos, reading handwriting, or translating languages. They're masters at pattern ...

Commentary: Producing a significant amount of plastic waste doesn’t mean a country is a major contributor to plastic ...