Denim jeans have been a wardrobe staple for well over a century, finding favor with workmen in the U.S. wearing Levi Strauss & Co. jeans since the late 1800s. But since then, denim has taken on a ...

Natalia Kuznetsova, a graduate of a NUST MISIS master's program "Technologies and Materials of Digital Fabrication", has developed a new biodegradable composite material with nettle fiber as a filler.

Nettles, classified as herbs, offer nutritional and medicinal benefits. This plant, native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, has spread globally, including North America. Nettles are rich in vitamins ...

There are a number of edible weeds, including dandelion, purslane and lambs quarter. While it might be hard to swallow, figuratively speaking, stinging nettle may be added to that list. Urtica dioica, ...