Technologies that underpin modern society, such as smartphones and automobiles, rely on a diverse range of functional ...

After several years, New York’s Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act looks like it might soon be voted into law. With support from several key environmental groups, as well as New York ...

Insurance statistics show a sharp rise in thefts of catalytic converters, devices fitted to vehicles to change pollutants in exhaust gases to less toxic gases, as supply-chain issues have boosted the ...

Researchers have developed a digital laboratory (dLab) system that fully automates the material synthesis and structural, physical property evaluation of thin-film samples. With dLab, the team can ...

For decades, the construction industry followed a familiar rhythm: design came first, materials followed. The pressing need for sustainable buildings has shattered this routine. Material selection is ...

An inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build upon the authors' published claims. A condition of publication in a Nature Portfolio journal is that authors ...