Society has long struggled with petroleum-derived plastic pollution, and awareness of microplastics' detrimental effects on ...

Plastic is made from oil and natural gas, which started out as fossilized plant and animal material. But buried deep ...

BASF is the world’s largest chemical producer by volume. Of its six reportable segments, four represent the company’s core businesses and rely on its Verbund strategy. That strategy seeks to produce ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have optimized the strength and biodegradability of bioplastics that could replace petroleum based materials ...

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A research team led by Prof. XU Shutao, Prof. WEI Yingxu, and Prof. LIU Zhongmin from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with Prof. YAN Zifeng's ...

LEAFF bioplastic packaging holds an apple slice. The original form of this fermented sugar-based plastic requires ...

Structure-Oriented Lumping (SOL): A technique where numerous individual molecular species are grouped into representative categories based on structural similarities to simplify kinetic analyses.

Researchers develop a recyclable sulfur-based polymer that enables 4D printing of soft robots with programmable shape changes ...

Inspired by leaves, WashU researchers designed a bioplastic stronger than petroplastics and compostable at room temperature.

Efforts to more strictly regulate the chemical, known as hydrofluoric acid and modified hydrofluoric acid, are escalating to ...

The U.S. dollar shot up Friday morning as stocks in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. moved sharply after President Donald Trump ...