North Carolina State University team has created a "robo-armadillo" skin, officially named the Morpho-Interlocking Protective ...

Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using solar power and acid from old car batteries. The one-pot process transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into valuable ...

Quantum Lifecycle Partners, headquartered in Toronto, has invested $4 million to install sink-float separation technology to sort the mixed polymer streams recovered from end-of-life information ...

As the crisis in the Middle East continues, much of the public focus has been on fuel prices and the cost of living. But there’s another oil-related product that often gets overlooked: plastic. Most ...

Temperature, viscosity, air pressure as well as sampling and cleaning, are the key factors influencing measurement accuracy. Density is largely temperature-dependent. The density of a sample is ...

Half of California mutlifamily homes are now in projects that relied on the density bonus law. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) California lawmakers have passed a flurry of high-profile ...

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Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures. The skate rink at Mahoney State Park in Ashland, Neb., was recently replaced with a synthetic ice surface to keep the rink ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, food packaging and transport. But it’s also created one of the defining ...

To wood or not to wood, that's been the question! Ever since oil-based plastics burst onto the manufacturing scene, cost, sustainability, and performance have defined the ongoing woods vs. plastics ...

Scientists racing to tackle plastic pollution have created a surprising new contender: a biodegradable packaging film made partly from milk protein. Researchers at Flinders University blended calcium ...

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