The formation of supramolecular polymers within living cells is an emerging strategy for regulating cellular functions, and ...

Anhydride additive speeds up polylactic acid breakdown and could make it possible to compost the plastic at home ...

The escalating global demand for polypropylene (PP), fueled by its widespread use in packaging, automotive and consumer goods industries, has prompted a wave of capacity expansion initiatives across ...

Advanced chip packaging, which boosts computing power for artificial intelligence, has made the United States more reliant on ...

Busch Vacuum Solutions outlines four process design strategies that reduce energy use, cut maintenance costs, and boost ...

Skeletal-editing reactions are offering chemists an ever-expanding toolbox of techniques to add, swap, or subtract atoms in molecular backbones. Now two research teams have developed complementary ...

Bio-tar, once seen as a toxic waste, can be transformed into bio-carbon with applications in clean energy and environmental protection. This innovation could reduce emissions, create profits, and ...

Most people are aware that plastic waste is a problem. Almost all types of plastics that we use in our everyday lives are derived from fossil sources. When they end up in the environment, they cause ...

Researchers in Sweden have unveiled a way to create high-performance electronic electrodes using nothing more than visible light and specially designed water-soluble monomers. This gentle, ...

A sticky, toxic by-product that has long plagued renewable energy production may soon become a valuable resource, according to a new review published in Biochar. When biomass such as crop residues, ...

When a plastic fails unexpectedly, the cause could lie anywhere — processing, design, material choice or even additives. But sometimes, the problem goes deeper — back to how the polymer itself was ...

ORNL’s invention may change plastic’s environmental fate by rearranging polymeric building blocks to customize the properties of plastics. Molecular subunits link to produce polymer chains that can ...