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

Japanese scientists were thrilled to receive significant interest from the packaging industry over their new seawater-degradable plastic.

As demand for advanced polymeric materials increases, post-functionalization has emerged as an effective strategy for ...

Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany, and Department of Chemistry and Centre of Scientific Computing, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United ...

Used in everything from water bottles to medical devices to building materials to clothes; plastic is a given in our daily lives. Yet, only about 9 per cent of plastic is recycled — the rest ends up ...

Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, Jena 07743, Germany Center for Energy and Environmental Chemistry Jena (CEEC Jena), ...

A new study suggests that chemicals in plastics may throw off our bodies' sleep cycles.  Plastic is now prevalent in our ...