Using a tiny, acid-tolerant yeast, scientists have demonstrated a cost-effective way to make disposable diapers, ...

US Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-TX, and US Rep. Gary Palmer, R-AL, have introduced the Recycling Technology Innovation Act on Capitol Hill to classify chemical recycling as a manufacturing process rather than ...

For 34 years, Dutch inventor Theo Jansen has been evolving his Strandbeests — wind-powered walking skeletons designed to survive on the beach like living creatures. Each generation overcame challenges ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A Commonwealth-based plastics manufacturing start-up, Polyzent, will invest $1.1 million into the City of Lynchburg in order to open its first plant creating 20 jobs, according ...

Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found. This is the first evidence of such an ability in insects, ...

While the pursuit of low-carbon construction continues to redefine architectural practice, growing attention is now focused on the health impacts of toxic, petrochemical-based building materials.

The plastics manufacturing sector continues to demonstrate remarkable economic resilience, posting positive growth while overall US manufacturing has declined over the past quarter-century, according ...

As part of an ongoing statewide investigation into plastic bag producers and their recyclability in California, Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced Oct. 17 a lawsuit against Novolex Holdings LLC, Inteplast ...

Recent experimental findings from the research team led by Prof. Jianbo Hu at the Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), revealed partial dislocation-mediated plastic ...

What's the difference between an optimist and a zealot? That's a rhetorical question — and one for which I do not have a satisfactory answer. But in the current economic environment, I find myself ...