Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The road to more sustainable materials has been long, challenging and riddled with mixed messages. But now Brazilian firm Nova ...

Turn fallen leaves into garden gold. Leaf mold, often called "garden gold," is an excellent and cost-effective soil amendment that can significantly enhance your garden beds. Not only is it simple to ...

I'm glad to see fewer and fewer homeowners in my neighborhood bagging and discarding leaves; unlike previous years, I know they're focused on sustainable alternatives. Whether their efforts are guided ...

A strange leaf has inspired a new type of material that can affect the flow of liquids. The scaly texture of the leaf forces fluids with different properties to flow in opposite directions – even if ...

THE method of maceration in chromic acid followed by counting, using a hæmocytometer, has been widely used in the estimation of cell numbers in fresh leaf material 1–3. A new method has been developed ...