For easy deadline cooking, the ethnic section of your grocer’s freezer aisle has a hidden gem – frozen empanada shells. These simple pastry disks (usually about 6 inches around) are intended to be ...

The plastic films CuanTec makes out of shellfish shells that are left over from seafood production is naturally antimicrobial and lets people keep using plastic wrap without worrying about plastic.

There's now potentially one more use for discarded shrimp shells. Already, scientists have used chitosan – a natural antibacterial polymer found in crustacean shells – as an ingredient in self-healing ...