Plastic that behaves like a sturdy fork on your picnic table and then quietly melts back into the soil sounds like science ...

Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...

HOLDEN — Sierra Kelch has a recommendation: If you’re looking for a durable alternative to plastic straws, try straws made out of sugarcane or agave. The first-year Wachusett Regional High School ...

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Learn how to build a simple solar cell at home using copper tape, plastic cups, and water. This step-by-step science experiment demonstrates how to harness solar energy to generate electricity.

In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for research projects to help the military deal with the copious amount of plastic waste generated when troops are sent to work ...

Amid growing pressure to address the global plastic pollution crisis, many companies are turning to plastic credits — tradable units that represent some amount of plastic litter that’s been removed ...