We’ve talked plenty about modders on our website over the years, and for good reasons. Modders, depending on how you look at them, are very much an “extension” of the game dev team that helps make the ...

Childhood exposure to chemicals used to make plastic household items presents growing health risks that can extend long into adulthood, experts from NYU Langone Health report. This is the main ...

In this tutorial, learn how to make a plastic bottle cutter at home with simple materials and tools you likely already have. Follow our step-by-step guide to effortlessly transform plastic bottles ...

A team of chemists has discovered how to transform PET plastic waste into BAETA, a material that captures CO2 with remarkable efficiency. Instead of ending up as microplastics in the environment, ...

A Japanese research team successfully harnessed E. coli to produce PDCA, a strong, biodegradable plastic alternative. Their method avoids toxic byproducts and achieves record production levels, ...

Over the past decade, many cities and states across the country have passed plastic bag bans and taxes in an effort to curb plastic pollution. While it still may be too early to gather definitive data ...

Researchers are working on manipulating the digestive systems of wax worms to create a scalable way of disposing of plastic. In 2017, European researchers discovered a potential solution. The larvae ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can ...

Jonathan Livingstone-Banks has received funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Jamie ...

Growing up in the Zimbabwean community of Riverside, on the outskirts of Harare, Mukudzei Seremani ’28 was accustomed to navigating uneven sidewalks and unpaved roads on foot. But after being struck ...

Microplastics are harmful to the body, and the environmental impact is pretty bad, too. Though they’re invisible to the naked eye, bits of microplastic have been found to increase health risks, ...