For the past ten years, Desert Control has been testing a land treatment that promises to transform non-productive land into fertile soil. The material they have invented is called Liquid NanoClay ...

Any given weekend at the Yucca Valley Material Lab can be action-packed from workshops to shows. It's helped artists build community in the high desert.

Researchers at the Imperial College London have invented a new building material that uses smooth desert sand–useless for construction until now–instead of the gritty sand needed to make ...

A team of scientists in the UK have developed a biodegradable construction material made from desert sand – a resource that has until now been useless for construction. Called Finite, the ...

Researchers from Harvard University have invented a material (pictured) to collect and transport water droplets, based on the processes used by a desert beetle, a cactus and a pitcher plant.

The desert, which does attract around 30,000 tourists each year, is a story of ancient geology meets modern-day land misuse. Ten thousand years ago, during the last ice age, large glaciers covered ...

This salty gel could harvest water from desert air A new material developed by engineers exhibits 'record-breaking' vapor absorption Date: June 15, 2023 Source: Massachusetts Institute of ...

Octopus-Inspired Material Can Change Its Texture The U.S. Army is funding the creation of shape-shifting sheets that mimic the abilities of the ocean’s masters of camouflage.

After experimentation, Park found that his team's new coating could collect "10 times more water in one hour, compared to the next best, state-of-the-art material" he says.