The University of Michigan’s Lab Swap Shop has saved researchers more than $1 million in equipment and supply costs in less than two years while diverting 20,000 pounds of materials from landfills.

Every experiment produces results—and byproducts. Plastics, solvents, and energy use add up quickly in research settings, but a growing number of laboratories are showing that waste doesn’t have to be ...

Nature is full of interconnected loops. Water travels in a never-ending cycle, going from the ground to the sky and back again. When living things die and decompose, elements such as carbon and ...