Silicone’s composition gives it a synthetic polymer structure with a silicon-oxygen backbone, making it more resistant to ...

Yuwei Gu conceived this idea while hiking on a park trail and noticing plastic bottles littered around.

Could a simple chemistry idea end plastic pollution? Discover how scientists created programmable plastics that degrade on a ...

Chemists design biodegradable plastics inspired by nature, programming polymers to stay durable in use and break down safely ...

Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

Designing plastics that can be broken down easily after their use phase have often required a trade-off between stability and ...

On a warming planet, your food supply depends on crops that can survive heat, drought and fast spreading disease. Now ...

Researchers have created a new class of ultra-strong adhesives that can haul a full-size car using nothing more than a thin ...

Scientists have identified a way to control how and when synthetic polymers break apart. The discovery suggests that everyday materials could one day be designed to vanish, or transform, right on ...

In January 1976, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned a popular and well-studied chemical used in food: Red 2. Food colorants have long been contentious, misunderstood and a target for ...

Illinois professor Ying Diao led a multi-institutional study that positions synthetic polymers as a potential alternative to expensive, unsustainable minerals for use in semiconductors and other ...

For the first time, scientists have grown functional, brain-like tissue without using any animal-derived materials or added biological coatings. The development opens the door to more controlled and ...