On a warming planet, your food supply depends on crops that can survive heat, drought and fast spreading disease. Now ...

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.

Researchers have synthesized a bio-inspired polymer for water purification. The polymer was designed to mimic phytochelatin, a plant protein that selectively captures and neutralizes harmful heavy ...

Researchers developed a plant based plastic that stays strong during use but dissolves safely in seawater, leaving no ...

A new plastic made from plant proteins could replace single-use plastics made from fossil fuels. Research published this week in Nature Communications described how scientists at the University of ...

Cellulose, abundantly available from plant biomass, can be converted into molecules used to make a new class of recyclable polymers, to sustainably replace some plastics. Researchers at Hokkaido ...

Compounder Polymer Resources Ltd. has completed a major expansion of its plant in Rochester, N.Y. The expansion will increase the site's annual production capacity by 40 percent, officials with ...

A research team of a German-Japanese University Network, HeKKSaGOn, takes inspiration from nature, creating a polymer that selectively removes toxic heavy metal ions from water Osaka, Japan – Clean ...

(Nanowerk News) Clean drinking water is a basic demand for our health and wellbeing. However, as the global population grows, achieving this for all communities worldwide becomes more challenging. Now ...