The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway also used by fungi.

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a familiar household chemical: acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.

A new molding process was first used to produce a disposable protective cover for a digital thermometer. Tapped to manufacture a reusable digital tympanic thermometer, contract service provider ...

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - With Army funding, scientists invented a way to make compostable plastics break down within a few weeks with just heat and water. This advance will potentially solve ...

At an IBM lab in Silicon Valley, if you put a cotton-polyester blend T-shirt into an InstaPot-like pressure reactor, a new process will disassemble it into a ball of pure cotton and a white powder ...

GARDEN CITY, ID, UNITED STATES, March 25, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Plastic materials similar to the types we use today, such as celluloid, PVC, and bakelite, were ...

Plastic rear hatchback doors have been used on Renault vehicles for a number of years [and also by rival Citroen, starting in 1982 with the BX] to reduce overall weight. Now the recently launched ...

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Strengthening American manufacturing is a goal that Americans support across political persuasions and demographic groups, from the public to policymakers. But, as with other topics, partisan and ...