Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a novel material with excellent absorption abilities, which they imagine finding use everywhere from kitchens to operating theaters. The team’s ...

Bette Nesmith Graham didn’t tell anyone about the first few bottles. She mixed the whitish concoction in her kitchen blender and poured it into nail polish containers. She hid the contraband in her ...

As an alternative to single-use plastic wrap and paper cup coatings, researchers in Langmuir report a way to waterproof ...

When it comes to kitchen spills, paper towels and rags do the job. But using a hydrogel -- a gelatin-like material in the form of a dry sheet -- researchers have crafted a better picker-upper that ...

Bette Nesmith Graham’s name may not ring bells for everyone, but her invention, Liquid Paper, has been a staple of office supplies for decades. Graham is a woman of remarkable creativity and ...