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An animal study finds that consuming nanoplastics is linked to changes in metabolism and liver function. A new animal study ...

Plastic repairs reach a new level of ease and durability with these three ingenious plastic welding techniques. Using a simple homemade insert for a soldering iron crafted from copper pipe, repairing ...

A team of Japanese researchers has developed a plastic material that disappears in seawater within hours, leaving no harmful ...