Step aside hard, rigid materials. There is a new soft, sustainable electroactive material in town—and it's poised to open new ...

composted or biodegraded) will help significantly. With talks on the UN global plastics treaty under way, we urge the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution to ...

Using peptides and a snippet of the large molecules in plastics, materials scientists have developed materials made of tiny, flexible nano-sized ribbons that can be charged just like a battery to ...

Since plastics are not water soluble and they float, they can easily be scooped off the surface of water. At intervals of 90 and 200 days, almost 100% of the petroleum-based microplastics were ...

A pilot plant that converts CO2 into bioplastics has been unveiled in Germany in an opening ceremony by State Minister Kaweh ...

The new materials also have innate environmental benefits. Unlike typical plastics, which linger in the environment for centuries, the Stupp laboratory’s materials could be biodegraded or reused ...

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Highly energy efficient, biocompatible and made from sustainable materials, the systems could give rise to new types of ...

At the end of its lifecycle, Series M biomaterial can be recycled or biodegraded naturally. Utilising waste and regenerative sources, TômTex minimises water, energy and land use. This ...

The state is working to find ways to decontaminate the land - some scientists think chlordecone can potentially be biodegraded quite quickly - and ensure there is no trace of the pesticide in the ...

And after the use of laundry products, the packaging materials will get biodegraded and returned to nature, and thus form a closed loop," said Shen Jun, R&D head of home care business at Unilever ...

BASF SE's BASFY Personal Care business is broadening its line of natural-based emulsifiers. Emulgade Verde 10 OL, a newly ...