Future robots may sport a wax coating that allows them to transform from soft and squishy to stiff and strong. Dipping foam or plastic in molten wax creates structures whose flexibility and strength ...

Farmers will often place sheets of plastic on the ground along their crop rows, in order to help hold moisture in the soil. According to a new study, however, the use of wax-coated sand may be a ...

Dry, hot regions are difficult places to grow plants because the soil dries out quickly. As a result, farmers in arid and semi-arid regions irrigate their fields with buried networks of irrigation ...