In 2023, Republican state lawmakers slipped a provision into the state budget prohibiting local governments from banning ...

PAC Machinery, a packaging equipment manufacturer based in San Rafael, California, has introduced the PAC FW 650SI Servo Box Motion Inverted Flow Wrapper, capable of running the company’s new curbside ...

The global chemical industry produces hundreds of long, repeating molecular chains called polymers. Only a handful comprise ...

Noam Vogt-Vincent receives funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). April Burt works with Seychelles Islands Foundation, who manage Aldabra Atoll Aldabra has long been protected ...

A few of the many plastic bottles picked up by volunteers the 2021 International Coastal Cleanup on Sep.18. in Santa Monica, Calif. (Rachel Murray/Getty Images) Plastic is everywhere, an essential ...

Scientists have captured high-resolution images of a tiny aluminum single-crystal sample as it transitioned from elastic to plastic state. Imagine dropping a tennis ball onto a bedroom mattress. The ...

Lateral flow tests have transformed global healthcare by enabling rapid disease detection and improving access to medical diagnostics. However, their widespread, single-use design is creating an ...

To support the development of wind turbines generating 10 megawatts (MW) of power or more, composite wind turbine blades are now able to exceed 100 meters (328 feet) in length. Increasing the size of ...

Nearly 1,800 animals since 2009 have had life-threatening encounters. A new report details the grim circumstances facing marine animals as millions of pounds of plastic continue to make their way into ...