Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kieran Mitchell, CEO of Caribou Biofuels in Salida, Calif., talked about using walnut shells in activated-charcoal filters on Dec.

The field at The Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island, may look like a typical setup, but an attention to detail would bring out what's truly unique about their turf. The school is the first and ...

Scientists from the University of Nottingham and CSIRO Australia have developed a cutting-edge model to evaluate the energy efficiency of walnut and pistachio shells as low-carbon fuels and better ...

There are so many fruits and vegetables to look forward to in the fall -- apples, pears, quince -- but one of my absolute favorite things is also one that most people just take for granted. Fresh-crop ...

DIXON (CBS13) - A trailblazing local farmer is producing power using leftovers from his harvest. He was recently honored as an environmental hero by the government. Russ Lester's on the cutting edge ...

Walk along the aisles of any car show and you'll see it: Lots of cars with paint jobs that appear fine, as long as you're several feet away. Then there are a couple of cars that look just ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed an inexpensive device that generates enough electricity to power a calculator using only waste walnut shells and drops of water. Their work is ...

My wife bit into a coffee cake at work the other day, expecting the typical office potluck flavor. She was surprised, she said, to taste a distinctive note reminding her of her childhood backyard in ...

About 2,000 black walnut trees are in abundance in a 90-acre wooded area near Baldwin City owned by Jackie Kennedy. Thousand Cankers disease threatens Kansas trees. To prevent the spread of this ...