A 17-year-old student has developed TRASHbot, an AI-powered robot designed to tackle litter in public spaces. This autonomous ...

A Stanford University lab has made a cheese-like product from food waste Vayu Hill-Maini's lab has created a new cheese, or at least something that tastes like cheese, but is actually made from food ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matthew Hall is trying to stretch his grocery budget and save up to replace his aging car amid rising food prices and overall ...

Australians are feeling the pressure of rising grocery prices. At the same time, we throw away huge amounts of perfectly edible food every year. Some food spoils before we can use it. But we waste ...

Most of the plastic waste in California is about to lose the recycling symbol. The “chasing arrows” symbol, created in 1970 by a college student inspired by the burgeoning environmental movement, has ...

Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both pollution and energy challenges. While still in development, the approach ...

Scientists are advancing a promising solution to two of the world’s biggest challenges – plastic pollution and clean energy – by transforming waste plastics into valuable fuels using sunlight. A new ...

Some grocers are using AI to help set pricing as shoppers chase deals and split trips across retailers. Targeted markdowns on perishables can help cut waste and turn “shrink” into revenue. Tools like ...

A fraud, waste and abuse identification program is one of more than 1,000 artificial intelligence solutions currently deployed across UnitedHealth Group. ((UnitedHealth Group)) Optum Rx is leaning on ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Sustainability, researchers demonstrate the successful engineering of a biological process to "upcycle" poly ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, food packaging and transport. But it’s also created one of the defining ...