If you’re looking for a way to celebrate Earth Day this year, consider buying some plants for your house. Not only are they good for the environment, but they can actually aid in improving your mental ...

Japan launches Asia's first and only osmotic power plant, which generates energy 24 hours a day using salt water.

Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to [email protected]. ONGOING Gresham Japanese Garden Plant Sale: 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturdays in May.

World powers are scrambling to get their hands on more rare earth elements to build clean energy infrastructure, batteries, ...

More than a reminder for the environment, World Earth Day is a call to action to reconnect with the actual dirt supporting us. Honoring Earth Day in today's hectic society, where devices and calendars ...

High-value minerals can be recovered while 'remediating polluted soil and restoring the ecology of rare earth tailings', ...

Throughout most of Earth's geological history, its paleoclimate has remained hospitable to life—largely thanks to continental silicate weathering, which acts as a long-term planetary thermostat. A ...

Plants can be quite tough—they’ll survive forgetful caretakers, aggressive pets, and other potentially life-threatening ...

The new EPiC (Engineered Plants in Culture) project at UC Davis will explore technology for growing plants and plant tissues in bioreactors with minimal use of resources. The technology could be used ...

Fungi’s evolutionary roots stretch far deeper than once believed — up to 1.4 billion years ago, long before plants or animals appeared. Using advanced molecular dating and gene transfer analysis, ...