Imagine using insects as a source of chemicals to make plastics that can biodegrade later -- with the help of that very same type of bug. That concept is closer to reality than you might expect.

Carrots come in a rainbow of bright colors -- red, orange, yellow and purplish black -- because of compounds called carotenoids. They help support eye health by reacting with potentially harmful UV ...

Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its structure and strength. In seawater (and in soil, not depicted), resalting ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — The United States produces more corn than any other country in the world, according to the USDA. We use corn to feed our livestock, fuel our cars and soon it could filter our air. A ...