At a time when synthetic plastic has polluted nearly every corner of the globe and appeared in food and in the human body, Northeastern University researchers have developed a new plastic that ...

Our single use economy generates 350 million tons of plastic waste each year. Learn the story of how the planet got hooked on ...

Longer-term projections are equally grim, with the amount of plastic waste estimated to triple by 2060 globally. Increasing ...

Synthetic polymers don’t exist in the wild ... This discovery inspired other researchers to scour the world in search of plastics-degrading microbes, and more are turning up.

Ahead of urgent United Nations talks on reducing plastic pollution, new research holds a workout on a synthetic carpet could ...

Since then, numerous synthetic biology research has been focusing on discovering, designing and evolving the relevant plastic ...

Then, in 1884, French chemist Hilaire de Chardonnet patented the first artificial silk, which paved the way for the ...

Researchers from North Carolina (NC) State University have found that biopolymers obtained from the ocean can be used to replace synthetic, petroleum-based plastic films. Authors of the research ...

Amid vast, swirling currents, 170 trillion microplastic particles drift unseen through our oceans, creating hidden patches of ...