While mandatory in drinks like the Sazerac and Manhattan, the aromatic, herbal flavoring agent isn't just for cocktails.

Research suggests a brain on a Western diet can't help itself from wanting more junk food.

The secret ingredient in the Mediterranean diet is in the antioxidants.

MNN reports from an unconventional convention.

Female-owned biodiesel station tanks up the Bay Area.

Volkswagen is trying to convince Americans that its TDI diesels are as environmentally friendly as hybrids, and it's using sports marketing to get the message a

New findings show that microbes present in biodiesel cause reactions that weaken the steel in fuel storage tanks.

Lipids derived from gator fat meet nearly all of the official standards for high-quality biodiesel.

Electric cars get all the love and the federal money, say diesel and turbo advocates — and they want a level playing field.

Fair Oaks Farms now powers 42 tractor-trailers with compressed natural gas from methane, the largest project of its kind to date.

Investors bilked out of $54 million chasing the promise of a green utopia.

Bacon shortages could be a think of fiction. A new technique that turns pig stem cells into strips of meat could offer a green alternative to the slaughterhouse

New research reveals that mushrooms and some vegetables can multiply rapidly when struck by lightning.

Rice University students come up with ingenious and inexpensive health care tool for communities without power.

Scientists hope to end heart transplant surgery forever thanks to help from the amazing zebrafish.

Custom-designed proteins made with the aid of computers could fight chemical weapons such as nerve gas and help decontaminate toxic-waste sites, scientists say.

Philosopher suggests that bioengineering people to be herbivores with small statures and cat-like eyes could help to save the planet.

North Carolina State University researchers have learned how to remotely control live cyborg cockroaches.

Biomimicry has been around for decades, but could it be the future of sustainability? Some researchers are using nature to develop better technology, while othe

Researchers have wedded the arts and sciences by transforming the human brain into a maestro that directs brain waves and signals.

Russian tycoon Dmitry Itskov says the technology will be a reality by 2045.

Researchers are setting their sights to resurrecting passenger pigeons and woolly mammoths, but would it do more harm than good?

A scientist successfully used his mind to control the hand of a researcher playing a video game in another building.

The new materials could one day be used for building devices that have the properties of living things, such as the ability to self-heal.

Signals that coordinate the rhythms of our heart and lungs offer inspiration for creating 'unbreakable' security codes.

Breakthrough technology could make long-distance space travel feasible, clean our air here on Earth, and even combat global warming.

Technology could lead to the transformation of clothes, cars, buildings and even billboards.

Researchers have learned how to compensate for imperfections in a honeycomb lattice that could lead to new advances in architecture.

Those baby blues mean something, but perhaps not what you think.

Imagine your city illuminated at night by glow stick-like lighting generated entirely from living organisms.

The enhanced silk was also 50 percent stronger than the regular stuff.

It could represent a biodegradable solution to the omnipresent pollution clogging our landfills.

Emedivet is helping farmers keep track of their cows' health an implantable device, but the ultimate goal is to get the devices into humans.

Georgia Tech researchers have developed a flexible packaging material that combines cellulose nanocrystals and chitin nanofibers. It could replace PET.

The paper Unocup ditches plastic in a bid to reduce waste and improve ergonomics.

The Spanish tipple is no longer just for tapas. This fortified, food-friendly wine is having a revival among cocktail enthusiasts.

In 10 or 20 years, we're going to need a lot of buildings like this senior living community in the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle — resilient and efficient.

Being connected to nature makes kids happier and more likely to act sustainably.

With the purchase of New Mexico's largest solar facility, the long-term partnership is nearing 300MW of installed solar power.

Renewable energy has made great strides in the U.S. recently. But if you take a look around the globe, you'll find equally encouraging signs.

Clean energy sources are producing record amounts of power in markets across the world.

Breakthroughs in artificial photosynthesis could help harness the sun's power for clean, efficient production of liquid hydrogen.

Israel’s largest international green energy conference takes place this weekend in Eilat.

WIth room for 5,000 residents, the $26 billion Ocean Spiral scheme offers a subaqueous alternative to overcrowded and costly terrestrial living.

Corporate renewable energy goals that once looked ambitious are being met much earlier than expected.

The conceptual Dutch Windwheel takes the term 'mixed-use development' to dizzying new extremes.

Kerosene lanterns are dangerous, polluting and unhealthy. That's why one charity aims to eliminate them by the end of the decade.

Build enough Powerwall batteries and you can run the world on renewable resources.

The WindChill uses biomimicry to help preserve food in rural areas without access to electricity.

U.N. task force looks at turning one big problem into an energy resource.