New BB-REG-NET report reveals regulatory confusion hampering sustainable materials development... A comprehensive new report published today by BB-REG-NET reveals that inconsistent definitions of ...

Plastics recycling and logistics provider Advanced Polymer Recycling LLC (APR), Peachtree City, Georgia, recently announced the acquisition of TKO Polymers, an Atlanta-based business that specializes ...

These illustrations show polymers (the long tubes) filled with perfect (top, graphite) or imperfect (bottom, graphite oxide) fillers. Credit: Yijie Zhou, UMass Amherst The UMass Amherst-led team is ...

If you're like me and prefer salvaging skins and cosmetics that you don't use in PUBG, you may have gathered excessive amounts of Polymers. At first glance, you might not be able to pinpoint their ...

Plastics, which are polymeric materials composed of long chains of small molecules called monomers, are widely used in everyday life and industry due to their lightweight, good strength and ...

A partly decomposed shoe, covered in mussels, on a sunny pier. Algenesis submerged shoes made with its biodegradable polyurethane foam in the Pacific Ocean to demonstrate their decomposition. Credit: ...

Researchers' new polymer strategy shifts a centuries-old engineering paradigm with a molecular design that doesn't sacrifice stretchability for stiffness. Researchers at the University of Virginia ...

Scientists have invented tough, chemically recyclable polymers that maintain high performance under stress but can be precisely broken down and reused with no loss in quality. Their method uses a ...

Water polluted with heavy metals can pose a threat when consumed by humans and aquatic life. Sugar-derived polymers from plants remove these metals but often require other substances to adjust their ...

Finding the next groundbreaking polymer is always a challenge, but now researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to shape and transform the future of the field. Nylon, Teflon, Kevlar. These ...