Which fake ivy leaves are best? Keeping a houseplant alive is sometimes easier said than done, which is why artificial plants are a great stress-free alternative. These days, artificial flowers and ...

At Cambridge University, it’s not uncommon to glance at the River Cam and spot a punt boat crammed with students, or perhaps an emerald-headed mallard floating along the water. A more extraordinary ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. More than 10 years ago, Miguel Modestino was a PhD student at ...

Fortunately, Craigslist is a lot less fussy than eBay.I swear I'm going to stop writing about Flappy Bird real soon now. I encourage all my fellow tech bloggers to do the same. But hey, at the moment, ...

This is where fake plants come in as a low-maintenance and long-lasting alternative that can be just as beautiful. The trick ...

The leaf is one of nature’s most impressive little machines, able to convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into energy. Scientists at Cambridge have now created a type of artificial leaf that can ...

Recreating the process of natural photosynthesis in which plants turn sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into energy is a long-pursued goal in science. Often described as an "artificial leaf," these ...

In an effort to harness energy from wind and rain, Italian researchers have created an innovative system that can be integrated into plants, according to a report by IEEE Spectrum. This new technology ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into ethanol and propanol. These so-called ‘drop-in’ fuels can ...

Speaking at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in California, MIT professor Daniel Nocera claims to have created an artificial leaf, made from stable and inexpensive materials, ...