Lela Ellerbe

Lela Ellerbe

Can diapers improve agricultural management?

     Ever wondered how diapers can hold and absorb so much liquid?  The simple answer is hydrogels.  Disposable diapers have been on the rise in popularity in recent years because of their ease of use.  Unfortunately with the sudden…

Milk’s environmental impact

     A big misconception is that milk is taken directly from a cow and put in a bottle.  But this is not entirely true as the process of turning raw milk into consumer milk is much more complicated than…

The mystery of the missing seed

    One morning as I was chopping up the different fruit for my smoothie.  I wondered why the bananas did not have seeds but the blueberries and strawberries did.  I was wondering about that and this is what I…