Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

Because of industrial climate chaos, catastrophic economic inequality, war and displacement, there is, as the United Nations ...

Silicone’s composition gives it a synthetic polymer structure with a silicon-oxygen backbone, making it more resistant to ...

"These animals can physically change their bodies at close to the micron scale, and now we can dynamically control the ...

A natural, superabsorbent material developed at the University of Waterloo could dramatically reduce the environmental impact ...

Then Deliberately Hands It Over to Humans Subway Customer Stunned After Noticing Both ‘Recycling’ and ‘Trash’ Slots End Up in ...

Chemists design biodegradable plastics inspired by nature, programming polymers to stay durable in use and break down safely ...

Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

Designing plastics that can be broken down easily after their use phase have often required a trade-off between stability and ...

Illinois professor Ying Diao led a multi-institutional study that positions synthetic polymers as a potential alternative to expensive, unsustainable minerals for use in semiconductors and other ...

A new polymer reported in Nature may mark a turning point for needle-free insulin delivery. Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a charge-shifting polyzwitterion that can carry insulin ...

Since its invention, Kevlar has saved thousands of lives thanks to the synthetic polymer being both incredibly lightweight and incredibly strong. However, Kevlar is far from the last word on ballistic ...