The Long View
Mycoremediation: A Little-Known Field of Science with Major Potential
Close up view of a Amanita muscaria, with its yellow cap and white dots
Can Self-Healing Concrete Help Fight Climate Change?
Concrete can naturally heal itself, but only to a point. Can these abilities be supercharged with self-healing concrete?
Making the Impossible Possible: Concrete
We’ve been building with it for several millennia. Following the discovery of rebar, our imaginations soared. Only recently have we begun understanding its environmental cost.
Some Thoughts about Microplastics
Plastics are here to stay. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be more innovative in using them.
The Menace of Microplastics
Though micro-sized, the threats they pose may have global implications.
The Growing Menace of PFAS
It’s been described as a slow-moving disaster. That’s a tragically beautiful way to describe an...