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 ...

Everyone who purchases washing-up liquid is being urged to make a switch in 2025 to help minimise the impact on our oceans. Washing-up liquid typically comes in a plastic container, and British ...

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

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

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 ...

An environmental campaigner has raised concerns over the condition of a beauty spot. Naomi Schrecker, 69, who has lived in Gardner Road, Prestwich, for 43 years, claims the council and United ...

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

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 ...