The root vegetable is one of the world’s oldest cultivated food plants—and parts of it can actually be poisonous if eaten raw. Here’s how it’s prepared from South Africa to the Pacific Islands.

Background: Given the beneficial effects of exercise in different populations and the close relationship between healthy ageing and sleep quality, our objective was to determine if physical exercise...

The world's biggest bloom of sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean is filled with plastic and bacteria that live on it – they could be the secret behind the seaweed's success.

This year we are celebrating women success and empowering girls to break into science, by highlighting women acheivements in sustainability.

Purpose: While traditional university programs primarily use regularly scheduled classes as the primary means for developing students, this program evaluation explores the direct effects of intensive...

Some swear by a night on their side, others on their back. But which sleeping position is the best for a good night's rest?

Drones are continuing to make headlines across the globe. So, what drones are on the market, and how are these used for climate action?

Open access can improve climate justice in a variety of ways. It’s the key to solving environmental problems strategically.

In Canada, centring conservation with the country's indigenous peoples is allowing its original stewards to reconnect to their land and culture – and proving remarkably effective.

We sit down with sustainability expert Gaya Herrington to talk about her new book "5 Insights to Avoid Global Collapse".

Concrete is a material that is widely used in the construction market due to its availability and cost, although it is prone to fracture formation. Therefore, there has been a surge in interest in...

In this article for Peer Review Week we do a deep dive into this year's theme, Research Integrity: Creating and supporting trust in research.

With Peer Review Week 2022 coming to a close, let's go over "Creating and Supporting Trust in Research" as we look to the future.

The retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) plays a pivotal role in retinal homeostasis. It is therefore an interesting target to fill the unmet medical need of different retinal diseases, including...

We've seen many peer review reports over the years, and we've put together our top 12 tips to writing a great review report.

Inviting great peer reviewers is a crucial process here at MDPI. Here we detail the our guidelines for choosing peer reviewers.

Our authors are important to us, and therefore we are taking the time to consider the impact that working from home has had on them.