Engineering and Artificial Intelligence researchers from the University of Maryland teamed up to accelerate the search for ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In 2018, 27 million tons of plastic were dumped into American ...

SEATTLE — New bioplastics that degrade in the same time frame as a banana peel have been developed at the University of Washington (UW). Researchers used heat and pressure to make bioplastics from ...

Plastics are one of the biggest culprits of environmental pollution. They take hundreds of years to decompose, contributing to the accumulation of waste in landfills and oceans. Due to this real ...

CLEVELAND — In a world increasingly troubled by the persistent harm that plastic — manufactured in petrochemical plants — has had on the environment, companies are investing billions of dollars to ...

36 kilograms is the average amount of plastic packaging waste generated by a single EU citizen per year. Increasing consumption is driving the search for alternatives – biodegradable and durable ...

Designer Caroline Zimbalist has been obsessed with making her own materials since she was a fashion student. In her first experiments, she stripped her abstract paintings off their frames and created ...

Ian Lee is a CBS News correspondent based in London, where he reports for CBS News, CBS Newspath and CBS News 24/7. Lee is a multi-award-winning journalist whose work covering major international ...