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A leaf that would normally fall to the ground can become the plate your lunch is served on. VerTerra produces disposable plates, bowls and trays from naturally fallen palm leaves, shaping them with heat, steam and pressure rather than relying on conventional plastic or paper manufacturing. The idea sounds simple. But behind the finished plate

The protective material around your next fragile delivery might not be made from plastic foam. It could be grown. Mushroom® Packaging, originally developed by Ecovative, uses mycelium – the thread-like network produced by fungi – to bind plant material into rigid protective forms. Rather than melting petroleum-based polymers into foam, the material grows inside a

A panel about the size of a window stood in Death Valley and collected water from the air without an electrical supply. MIT reported the experiment in June 2025. MIT’s research announcement Its daily collection was modest: between 57 and 161.5 millilitres. That is less than a small bottle of water, even at the upper