The seed at the bottom of the cashew "apple" is the nut, encased in a chemical-rich shell. The news comes at a good time, because conventional sunscreens are becoming increasingly controversial. Some ...

Did you know about all the things nutshells could do for your plants? Image: Pexels With nut season over, one wonders what to do with nut shells. Can they be used as mulch? The answer is yes, as they ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) EGYPTIAN DESIGNER WHO MAKES ACCESSORIES OF BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL, RANIA ELKALLA, SAYING: "I got the idea from my father, who used to bring nuts, and we would crack them right ...

As the U.S. pulls the funding rug out from under African countries fighting infectious diseases, it is more necessary than ever for Africa to make its own medicine. Health inequity began long before ...

EU researchers are exploring how to make strong and sustainable new materials from hard-to-crack nutshells. Dr. Notburga Gierlinger, an Austrian researcher specializing in the study of the structure ...

We've already seen cellphones made from corn and bioplastics used in other products, but NEC has now come up with what it says is an even better solution: a first-of-its-kind bioplastic that's based ...