The shells of crustaceans and wood waste such as branches pruned from trees usually end up in landfills. These waste materials are given a new lease of life to become nutritional supplements and ...

The world could create more sustainable batteries with an unusual source: crustaceans. In a paper published this week in the journal Matter, researchers say they have made a biodegradable battery with ...

Yoshimi Shibata, Ph.D., professor of biomedical science in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, has received a $380,552 grant from the National Institute of ...

MARYLAND, Md. - Scientists at the University of Maryland have discovered a new way to use crustacean shells for batteries. When we sit down for the time honored tradition in Maryland that is a crab ...

Found in crustacean shells, chitin is a natural polymer that has many uses once processed. Now, scientists have developed a fruit waste-based fermentation process for getting it out of those shells – ...

A hermit crab rescuer is sharing a rare look at the fascinating moment of a hermit crab changing shells. According to SWNS, Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, a nonprofit organization ...