15-07-30 Wild chimpanzees in the forests of Uganda are increasingly eating clay to supplement the minerals in their diet, according to a long-term international study published in the early version of the journal PLOS ONE. The paper led by the University of...

15-04-09 Carbon capture will play a central role in helping the nations of the world manage and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Many materials are being tested for the purpose of capturing CO2. New results show that ordinary clay can work just as effe...

12-12-25 Ancient people made clay pottery because they needed it for their survival. They used the pots they made for cooking, storing food, and carrying things from place to place. Pottery was so important to early cultures that scientists now study it to l...

10-10-21 Amid ongoing concern about plastic waste accumulating in municipal（市政的） landfills, and reliance on（依靠，信赖） imported oil to make plastics, scientists are reporting development of a new ultra-light biodegradable foam plastic material made f...

10-05-26 There was a handful of clay in the bank of a river. It was only common clay, coarse（粗糙的，下等的） and heavy; but it had high thoughts of its own value, and wonderful dreams of the great place which it was to fill in the world when the time came...