Browsing: Plastic

Harnessing a principle known as triboelectrification, researchers have worked out the optimal way to generate an electrical charge in a…

Plastic may have started a new geological era on our planet, sometimes called the Anthropocene. Hundreds and even thousands of…

By now, you’ve no doubt heard that modern living is filling our bodies with microplastics. But an alarming study now…

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste,…

A recent study found a whole plastic spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. Pretty wild, right?…

Starbucks customers across hundreds of locations in the United States started their weeks off with a surprise: Their beloved Frappuccinos…

So how could this new cell elude scientists and doctors for so long? In a way, it didn’t. Plikus and…

The Barbie Phone, much like the doll it pays tribute to, is a thing of beauty. But like that doll…

The French press is a humble piece of coffee-making equipment. It doesn’t require electricity, yet experts agree that it can…

Editors of the environmental chemistry journal Chemosphere have posted an eye-catching correction to a study reporting toxic flame retardants from…