Making a terrarium is about as close as you can get to a Zen DIY project. Once you have gathered the proper materials and squared away your plant selections, it’s as simple as layering it all together ...

Don Kinzler writes: "Premoistening mix is important because the ingredients in the growing mixes are dry and they’re often difficult to rewet." ...

Orchids take center-stage at the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory for a local club’s weekend-long showcase and a month-long exhibit.

While there are plenty of commercial houseplant mixes available, it's easy to make your own snake plant potting mix. Not only ...

Potting soils typically contain a high percentage of bulky organic materials such as bark, wood chips, peat or coconut coir, compost and various types of animal excrement such as manure ...

Diffusion generation process for a stable crystalline material having a target band gap value (3 eV) using the MatterGen model. After a two-year postdoctoral stint at MIT’s Computer Science and ...

I'm watching a black disc of wonder material hovering over a bubbling bath of liquid nitrogen. "This is superconducting magnetic levitation," says magnet scientist Greg Brittles. "The closest you ...

Unlike conventional methods, the manufacturing process of the 2D polymer is highly scalable.

New chainmail-like material could be the future of armor First 2D mechanically interlocked polymer exhibits exceptional flexibility and strength Date: January 16, 2025 Source: Northwestern ...

Materials innovation is one of the key drivers of major technological breakthroughs. The discovery of lithium cobalt oxide in the 1980s laid the groundwork for today’s lithium-ion battery technology.

A new study examines ways that carbon could be used as a key ingredient in building materials—particularly biomass plastics and cement. Obstacles still remain, as some of these technologies are ...