This process teaches students to design, test, and improve on their ideas as they work through real-world engineering ...

For the study, the scientists targeted polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, in particular, Interesting Engineering reported. PET represents just under two-thirds of our plastic waste and is ...

Before it threatened biodiversity, the oceans and the global food chain, plastics saved lives and transformed societies as a ...

So the next two to three years, we know the numbers are going to be low," said Brad Johnson, a lecturer at Penn State Behrend's Plastics Engineering Technology program in Erie, Pa. "And that's the ...

Plastics contain a vast number of chemicals, some of which greatly impact the environment and human health. However, ...

Ariana Grande has faced plastic surgery rumors since she rose to worldwide stardom as a pop icon. And fans are still asking whether she ever went under the knife for a nose job, lip fillers or ...

Since the 1950s, an estimated 7 billion tons of plastic waste have been generated globally, with roughly 400 million tons ...

Ramaswamy Nagarajan, a professor in the department of plastics engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell who wasn’t involved in the study, said the results are a reminder that chemicals ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into ... professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northwestern University.

Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities for developing bacteria-based engineering solutions to help clean up difficult-to ...

Now, Northwestern Engineering-led researchers have discovered how cells of a Comamonas bacterium are breaking down plastic for food. First, they chew the plastic into small pieces, called nanoplastics ...