Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...
They’re tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don’t easily break down, which is bad for the environment. From the 1950s, when plastics were first produced in ...
The research team used a 'new chemical strategy' to create plastic that would degrade naturally.
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 ...