Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

Researcher Karin Kvale first became interested in plastic pollution when she was living in Kiel, Germany, where her young children spent part of their school days on Falckenstein beach. “Every day ...

Have you ever asked yourself what could be the raw material from which plastic is made? Well, plastic can be synthetic or organic. Organic plastics are made from starch, vegetable fats/oils, bacteria ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic trash accumulates in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River. Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images ...

Plastic that behaves like a sturdy fork on your picnic table and then quietly melts back into the soil sounds like science fiction, yet chemists are now doing something close by turning ordinary milk ...