While many cities and eight states have banned single-use plastics, bags and other polyethylene packaging still clog...
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The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) developed a bio-polycarbonate which has been monopolized by Japan,...
AIMPLAS is participating in the DECOAT project. The project consortium, led by Belgian R&D centre CENTEXBEL, consists...
Whether in agriculture, industry or private households, chemicals are needed everywhere. However, their production requires a very...
Electricity harvested from the sun or wind can be used interchangeably with power from coal or petroleum...
Honey bees spend hours each day collecting pollen and packing it into tidy bundles attached to their...
At ICE 2019, the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP, for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB...
Together with partners, Covestro is investigating how recycling polyurethane plastics can be significantly improved. The materials manufacturer...
Researchers led by Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at UH, have created a...
S-PPV polymers in bright colors Credit: TU Wien Organic polymers can nowadays be found in solar cells,...
A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don’t require land or fresh...
Rutgers scientists have developed catalysts that can convert carbon dioxide – the main cause of global warming...
Adhesives to join components are indispensable in industry, but reliable joining is no longer sufficient. The recycling...
Diagrams illustrate the self-healing properties of the new material. At top, a crack is created in the...
Purdue University researchers have developed a unique, toxin-free adhesive system developed from underwater creatures. They hope it will...
Adhesion is involved whenever industrial components are moved to and from without any residues being left behind....
Humankind has already produced more than eight billion tons of plastic. Every year, we add another 80...
New method developed at University of Warwick enables hundreds of polymers to be synthesised and tested for...