Scientists are exploring a method to convert plastic waste into fuels and valuable chemicals using sunlight, potentially ...
Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, textiles, and consumer goods as disposable, scientists are now racing to ...
Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is ...
Scientists at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology have developed a "living plastic" with a built-in kill switch.
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Scientists create programmable plastic with ability to self-destruct on command: 'Built-in end-of-life'
Surprising scientific advancements aren't uncommon, but a recent article by Interesting Engineering heralded a sincerely shocking development: researchers appear to have discovered a beneficial form ...
A new biodegradable material could transform how the plastics industry addresses waste by creating products that literally ...
This article is part of a series sharing the stories of startups developing innovative solutions to environmental challenges and how they are pushing their business forward even as the Trump ...
Conflict in Iran has raised the cost of oil and downstream products like virgin plastic. That's a boon for recycled plastic, ...
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Scientists create ‘living plastic’ that can self-destruct itself on command
Researchers have developed a new type of plastic that can self-destruct on command. These ...
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