Biodegradable plastics are usually sought after for their ability to break down quickly. However, this does not tell us how ...

That trait, which makes a coffee lid or a fishing float so useful, also turns plastic into a long-term guest in places it was never invited. Unrecovered fragments collect across ecosystems, and they ...

Swiss scientists have created a new plastic-like material that's flexible, biodegradable, and even edible. The secret? It's still alive. The material, which was created by a team from Empa in ...

Scientists at Rice University and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose into high-strength, multifunctional materials. Using a spinning ...

Using the skin of an Amazonian fish known as tambatinga as the raw material, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and EMBRAPA Pecuária Sudeste—a decentralized unit of the Brazilian ...

Polylactic acid - used in food packaging, disposable tableware and clothing - found to alter gut metabolism and harm gut barrier of mice Microplastics from a widely used biodegradable material can ...

The good news: Compostable packaging does actually turn to compost just like your food scraps do, which is way gentler on the ...

We've seen fungi being used to create useful new materials for construction, fire-retardant building insulation, and even 3D-printed batteries. One of the researchers behind that last doozy, Dr.

Harnest launches a platform for sustainable apparel trims, addressing textile recycling challenges with innovative, ...

Great American Food Chain, Inc. completes merger with GreenMatter Biotech Inc, an established materials science and ...