Sand reinforced with cellulose sheets reduced water permeability by nearly 28-fold compared with untreated sand.

Bacteria that spin fine cellulose fibers can bind loose desert sand into a firmer ...

The lake anchors the economy of the tourist city, population 7,100, and the water level has been declining for years. Today, ...

Stanford researchers tested cheap paper tape on 128 desert ultramarathon runners, cutting foot blisters by 40 percent over ...

This is a summary of the event where Onigara faced his true self for the first time through a life-or-death struggle with a ...

Explore the Desert Dressing collection by Giorgio Armani and Kith, blending Italian tailoring with contemporary utility.

How architects worked with harsh environment to create sustainable building in location where fossils were found ...

Robots that move across deserts like in sci-fi films to collect precious resources are becoming a reality. Chinese ...

Water drains quickly through the gaps between grains, while wind can carry the loose sand away. Keeping plants alive means holding moisture around their roots and keeping the sand in place. Scientists ...

But far beneath those dunes, something had been quietly cooking for half a billion years. What turned that buried rock into ...

From skies full of yellow sand to a sea of blue solar panels, the Kubuqi Desert in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Vast expanses of panels ...

Device based on rare earth magnets traverses the sands to extract iron in real-world echo of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic.