The new plastic is remarkably high quality, researchers say. Image from the study. For years, chemists have been on a quest ...

Plastics are rotting the world, turning natural habitats into junkyards. More than 90% of manufactured plastics end up in the environment, polluting landscapes and water bodies, harming ecosystems, ...

In a new study, scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Manchester report that a specially engineered enzyme can significantly speed up the breakdown of PET—the plastic used in water ...

A hexagon-shaped plastic structure was used to generate waves that merged to form complex patterns on the water surface in a tank for an experiment co-led by Nanyang Technological University, ...