A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into ...

This article explores the different types of plastics, highlighting their distinct properties and applications. Image Credit: Pixel B/Shutterstock.com Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic ...

The researchers analysed 100 placentas from full-term births (37.2 weeks, on average) and 75 from preterm births (34 weeks) ...

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Researchers have developed a recyclable alternative to a durable class of plastics used for items like car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling balls.

It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, which uncovered it, is exploiting that property to recycle at least two major ...

Polypropylene is a type of plastic used to make everything from yogurt containers to water bottles. It's easy to recycle and is one of the most popular plastics used today. You'll know a piece of ...

Plastic pollution is one of the foremost environmental challenges of our time. A team of South Korean researchers has ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...