Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...
Chemists design biodegradable plastics inspired by nature, programming polymers to stay durable in use and break down safely ...
Could a simple chemistry idea end plastic pollution? Discover how scientists created programmable plastics that degrade on a ...
Designing plastics that can be broken down easily after their use phase have often required a trade-off between stability and ...
[Baptiste Marx] shares his take on designing emergency structures using PVC pipe in a way that requires an absolute minimum of added parts. CINTRE (French, English coverage article here) is his ...
Perhaps one of the clearest indications of the Anthropocene may be the presence of plastic. Starting with the commercialization of Bakelite in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, plastics have taken the world by ...