Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A three-year research project involving scientists from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and LUT University has found a ...

Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia have created a chitosan-nickel composite film that gains up to 50% more tensile strength when soaked in water, flipping the central ...

Researchers have developed a recycling process to convert plastic waste into a raw material for the chemical industry using sunlight.

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — We’ve managed to accumulate so much plastic trash that it’s daunting to think about what could be done with the tons upon tons of nonbiodegradable waste. And as much as we ...

Researchers have successfully synthesized fumarate (fumaric acid), a raw material for unsaturated polyester resin, by combining carbon dioxide (CO2) with pyruvate (derived from biomass), using two ...

Higher raw material costs have sent North American prices for polycarbonate, ABS and nylon resins higher since April 1. Prices for PC and ABS each are up an average of 5 cents per pound in that time ...

is your neighborhood reporter San Patricio and Aransas County. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Dynamo Cycle president Danny Clark says the plastic shortage has been felt in the Coastal Bend, along with a 15 ...