Synthetic materials are made from natural resources. Synthetic materials are made by chemically changing the starting substances to create a material with different characteristics. Some examples of ...

"I just want to say one word to you. Just one word," said the businessman Mr. McGuire to Dustin Hoffman's character Benjamin in The Graduate, who had recently completed his college education. That ...

Jen Keane’s claim to fame is that she grew a shoe using bacteria, coaxing the microbes to deposit their nanocellulose materials in the shape of a sneaker. But she’s kind of over that. “I feel like ...