The ingredient list on your favorite snack might seem harmless enough until you dig a little deeper. Beneath the labels and ...

The GI status in the Natural Goods category was secured following an application by the Balarampur Shellac Cluster Shilpa Samabay Samity Limited.

"It's a green lacewing's egg!" It was the first time I had ever seen such an object. I was surprised by the object itself, and even more surprised that my child knew the specific name for it. What is ...

A couple grow their own furniture. Another artist polishes metal to a mirror sheen. A third collaborates with insects. Together, they are redefining craft. Ori Orisun, a materials researcher, at her ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Kundri lac plantation, home to 62,000 palash trees in Palamu, Jharkhand, has collapsed after wage disputes and the 2020 lockdown, pushing hundreds ...

Thomas Edison had an encyclopedic memory, and by the early 1920s, he had become increasingly frustrated by the fact that college graduates applying to work for him didn’t have a wealth of knowledge ...

Shellac is a refined version of lac, a resin secreted by lac insects. Coveted for its binding abilities and glossy appearance, the material is present in a range of personal care products and ...

For the first time since launching in the 1970s, Reese’s Pieces are officially dairy-free. The Hershey Company has confirmed the reformulation of Reese’s Pieces that removes milk from the ingredient ...

AT the present time India holds what is virtually a monopoly of lac production, and no satisfactory substitute has yet appeared on the world's markets. This monopoly cannot, however, be regarded as a ...