Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...
FORECASTING OUR FUTURE. LOOK, OVER 95% OF PLASTIC IS MADE FROM FOSSIL FUELS. THE PLASTIC INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 3 TO 4% OF ALL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS. A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE ...
A newly developed plant-based plastic material releases nine times less microplastics than conventional plastic when exposed to sunlight and seawater, a new study has found. The research, led by ...
Recycling plastics is challenging, but new technology could produce high-quality materials for car and computer components, all while helping tackle the pollution crisis. 25 June 2025 Discarded ...
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, have started a multiyear project to develop new types of plastic that can be used for a wide range of applications — then, it can all be ...