On the seafloor, the veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) turns discarded coconut shells into something far more useful than debris. It collects the broken shells and carries them across the ocean ...

What usually ends up as agricultural waste could have another use beneath our wheels. Engineers have investigated coconut shell biochar as a material for modifying asphalt, finding that a specific ...

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Concrete is the workhorse of hydraulic engineering, but underwater structures face a relentless enemy: abrasion.