Lobster bisque and shrimp cocktail make for scrumptious meals, but at a price. The food industry generates 6 million to 8 million metric tons of crab, shrimp and lobster shell waste every year.

The beetle's back and the crab's shell owe their toughness to a common compound called chitin that now appears to trigger airway inflammation and possibly asthma, scientists have found. The beetle's ...

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 – ...

The shells from all those shrimp, crabs and lobsters that people eat typically go in the garbage, and from there into landfills. For Mari Signum, a company that just set up operations in Chesterfield ...

Scientists have developed a green way to create chitin, by using two forms of food waste - prawn shells and discarded fruit - and fermenting them. Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, ...

The production of cement is a major source of carbon emissions, so the less of it that's used, the better. A new study could help, as it shows that cement can be made much stronger with the addition ...

Turning crab shells into everyday products is becoming a reality for the Tidal Vision team of ecoentrepreneurs from Juneau. The products are derived from chitin in the crab shells, the second most ...

The beetle’s back and the crab’s shell owe their toughness to a common compound called chitin that now appears to trigger airway inflammation and possibly asthma, UCSF scientists have found. Insects, ...

Plastic wrap could be replaced by a new material made from natural fibers, the latest in many steps to help the environment. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed their new ...