Researchers in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering and at the University of Akron have published research in Chemical Engineering Journal about a new technology that ...

The search for sustainable alternatives to common plastics has researchers investigating how their building blocks can be sourced from places other than petroleum, and for scientists behind a ...

For our sake and the environment, there is a considerable amount of research into the reduction of plastic for many and various applications. Researchers have now found a way to imbue relatively ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic end up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials scientists ...

Plastic waste and its buildup in nature has become a major environmental concern in recent times. While plastic pollution in the oceans is undoubtedly a problem, the presence of plastics in soils ...

Smart surfaces are an emerging material technology that demonstrates the extraordinary ability to respond dynamically to changes in the environment via the incorporation of Stimuli-responsive polymers ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Invisible microbubbles forming on everyday plastics can peel off microscopic fragments, ...