New chemical reactions aren't everyday phenomena, but that's exactly what researchers in Australia discovered, and it could ...

The words on this page mean something because they are assembled in a particular order and follow the complex rules of grammar and syntax. Creating new chemical polymers follows a similar kind of ...

One day in the not-too-distant future, the plastics in our satellites, cars and electronics may all be living their second, 25th or 250th lives. New research from the University of Colorado Boulder, ...

Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, textiles, and consumer goods as disposable, scientists are now racing to ...

Food packaging from five countries has complex, unique chemical fingerprints, and some items contain thousands of different chemicals, according to a new study (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, DOI: ...

Cockroaches and their gut microbes can break down polystyrene and use it as energy, offering new clues for plastic waste ...

Most drink bottle caps are made of polypropylene. Along with polyethylene they account for 60 percent of all plastic waste. Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste are generated worldwide ...

Rising demand for recycled-content plastic means the two technologies can coexist, according to the CEO of a chemical recycling firm. The mechanical and chemical recycling balance will be a topic of ...