Your next T-shirt could start as a banana trunk, and factories are racing to turn farm waste into a new textile weapon

Banana trunks once treated as waste are becoming a new source of textiles, packaging, and sustainable materials.

China’s floating wind monster can survive Category 5 winds, and that is the detail offshore energy needed to leave shallow water

China’s giant floating wind turbine is built for Category 5 storms, opening deeper waters to offshore renewable energy.

Concrete is facing a strange rival from the farm, as hemp walls promise insulation, carbon storage, and fewer mold problems

Hempcrete is entering U.S. building codes, offering carbon storage, insulation, and a greener alternative to concrete.

A 1,340-kilometer rail corridor is rising across Nigeria, and China’s loan model could either fix logistics or create a debt trap

Nigeria’s 1,340-km rail corridor could transform trade and logistics, but China-backed loans raise questions over debt.

Glass facades may stop being dead surfaces, as transparent solar windows turn buildings into power generators without blocking the view

Transparent solar windows could turn glass facades into power generators, helping cities produce clean energy without new ...

Two-story farms are spreading across the U.S., with crops below and giant turbines above, but the next battle is who pays when they die

America’s farms are harvesting crops and wind together, but a looming question remains: who pays when turbines retire?

Concrete that inflates like a cushion could kill expensive formwork, and Austria’s method is already attracting railway industry attention

Austria’s inflatable concrete technology turns flat slabs into arches and domes, cutting costs and attracting railway ...

A construction crew made of tiny robot ants is still a lab experiment, but the lesson could change autonomous engineering

Tiny robots inspired by ants have shown they can work together to build and dismantle simple structures without a foreman, a ...

A 21-year-old inventor put plastic waste into a machine and claimed fuel came out, but the next step is where the miracle gets tested

Plastic bags, bottles and takeout containers usually disappear into bins, landfills, or waterways. Julian Brown wants to turn ...

Nepal uses two tons of shredded plastic for every kilometer of road, and the promise is cheaper asphalt with a longer life

Nepal turns plastic waste into roads, promising cheaper asphalt and longer life while scientists watch closely.

Pakistan’s deployment to Saudi Arabia includes 8,000 troops, JF-17 fighters, and a Chinese air defense system, but the bigger story is the border plan

Pakistan sends 8,000 troops, JF-17 jets, and HQ-9 defenses to Saudi Arabia as Iran tensions reshape the region.

Eleven African countries are building an 8,000-kilometer green wall, and the race is now against drought, politics, and dying soil

Eleven countries along Africa’s Sahel are building one of the most unusual climate defenses in the world. It is not concrete, ...