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PODpartner becomes the first platform to offer Heat Transfer Vinyl (HTV), enabling "Triple-Hybrid" designs combining ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that, according to materials theory, ...

In Netflix's 'The Plastic Detox,' three couples struggling with infertility give up plastic to see if it impacts their health ...

Researchers in South Korea have designed a polymer composite that keeps its structure even near 1,000 °C flames, potentially ...

Microwaving with plastic wrap can transfer chemicals, especially with high heat or food contact. Use microwave-safe plastic wrap, allow ventilation and keep it from touching food. For a safer, ...

Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow cellulose in aligned patterns, resulting in sheets with the strength of ...

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Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, scientists are working to measure the consequences of this contamination.

Scientists are finding new ways to replace expensive, scarce platinum catalysts with something far more abundant: tungsten carbide. By carefully controlling how tungsten carbide’s atoms are arranged ...

Michael Richardson receives funding from Nederlands Wetenschappelijk Organisatie (Duch Government Funding Agency). Le Yang receives funding from China Scholarship Council and Nederlands ...