Environmentally conscious sports fans are looking to replace rubber and plastic in artificial turf with natural materials like walnuts. It’s more expensive, but cleaner and greener if grass isn ...

Other artificial surfaces have shock-absorbing padding underneath the turf. Upkeep and maintenance are often cited as the reasons why schools and stadium operators move away from natural grass.

Typically, artificial turf fields have three main layers: a padding at the bottom, a crumb rubber infill at the center, and a top layer of plastic blades that resemble grass.

During a heatwave, the conventional artificial turf reached 62.5°C (145°F). The researchers' self-cooling turf , however, never got hotter than 37°C (99°F) – just 1.7°C warmer than the ...

The Synthetic Turf Council, the industry’s chief lobbyist, assures parents and their children that crumb rubber is safe. “Science has proven it to be safe for children and people of all ages ...

You might think they happen more on artificial turf than natural grass. ... And now most of the modern turfs do have some level of rubber or other padding underneath, ...

It turns out the turf itself is different from previous years, according to ESPN, with the traditional padding of rubber pellets replaced by more "environmentally friendly infill." The new infill ...

The Dover High School outdoor athletic complex will get an $18 million overhaul. Here's what the project is expected to ...

It turns out the turf itself is different from previous years, according to ESPN, with the traditional padding of rubber pellets replaced by more "environmentally friendly infill." ...