Scientists found microplastics in fluids around human eggs and sperm. Plastics from cookware and packaging affect human ...

The new polymer achieves impressive stiffness, up to 11 gigapascals, despite its low density of only 0.5 grams per cubic ...

People buying washing up liquid have been warned about the possible impacts of certain types of traditional washing up ...

There are few excuses left for polluting our environment with plastics – and the UK can lead the charge towards a more ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an environmentally safer type of plastic that can be used for wearable electronics, sensors and other electrical applications. The ...

Porous materials have a wide range of applications due to their capacity to act as filters, or lightweight structural ...

A chemical commonly found in sunscreen could be making plastic in oceans even harder to break down, according to University of Stirling research.

Merging synthetic organic chemistry and biotechnology, researchers have engineered Escherichia coli that can synthesize small ...

A chemical commonly found in sunscreen could be making plastic in oceans even harder to break down, according to University of Stirling research.

The high-tech device is based on a flexible plastic membrane etched with tiny ‘microfluidic’ channels that draw in a fixed amount of sweat and deliver it to a sensor based on oestrogen ...