Rice University scientists have tapped into nature's adhesive genius—the sticky power of mussels—to create bioengineered microorganisms with powerful cling that could help transform environmental ...

Scientists knew sunlight can break down plastics, but it was unclear why plastic waste persists for decades in sunlit rivers, lakes, and oceans. Researchers recreated realistic freshwater and seawater ...

What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects. "Many researchers ...

Wastewater is a huge reservoir of microplastics and nanoplastics and many nanoplastics can be formed during wastewater treatment through microbial activity. This increases pollution. However, one ...

According to a study published in Science, polymer scientists at ETH Zurich discovered an unexpected method for nearly completely breaking down PMMA plastic, also known as Plexiglas, into its monomer ...

When the "eco-friendly" bioplastic, polylactic acid (PLA), biodegrades, the resulting nanoplastics can accumulate in the fetuses of pregnant mice and interfere with fetal growth. Yichao Huang and ...

In this interview, Sammi Sadler, Senior Applications Engineer at Instron, provides insights into how automation is being introduced for plastics testing and the opportunities this can bring. How would ...