Plastic is widely used in food packaging because it’s cheap, strong, and waterproof. However, tiny plastic particles, called microplastics, have been found in everyday foods and drinks ...

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable.

What is Plastic Ice VII? Plastic Ice VII is a unique phase of water initially predicted through molecular dynamics (MD) simulations over 15 years ago. It combines the properties of both solids and ...

We have some bad news for those of you that love getting takeout, because those plastic containers that your steaming delicious meals come in? They may well be sabotaging your heart health ...

After experimenting with a range of materials, the scientists created nano-sized plastic beads made from melamine and formaldehyde. They then discovered that mixing the sizes of the beads was the ...

She is also a Certified Stress Management Coach. A recent study found a whole plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. Pretty wild, right? Some researchers have ...

The convenience culture that defines modern urban life has a dark underbelly, one that lurks in the seemingly innocent plastic containers delivering our favorite comfort foods. A groundbreaking ...

and explained why she thought the plastic surgery would prevent him from cheating with multiple women. "My biggest regret with my boobs is that I don’t know if I solely did it for me," she admitted.

One such fascinating form is Plastic Ice VII, a rare phase of water that has recently been confirmed by researchers led by Livia Bove from Sorbonne University. This discovery enhances our ...

New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. In experiments, method recovered 94% of monomers ...

Tiny plastic pellets found washed up on England's east coast are likely to have come from a collision involving a tanker and a cargo ship a week ago, the coastguard has said. The Stena Immaculate ...

Trader Joe's is telling its customers to throw away or return the grocery store chain's organic acai bowls because they possibly contain plastic. The Monrovia, California-headquartered company ...