Tag: Plastic
Researchers turned superglue into a recyclable, cheap, oil-free plastic alternative
Allison Christy, Boise State University and Scott Phillips, Boise State University
The Research Brief is a short take about...
My art uses plastic recovered from beaches around the world to...
Pam Longobardi, Georgia State University
I am obsessed with plastic objects. I harvest them from the ocean for the...
Decades of research document the detrimental health effects of BPA –...
Tracey Woodruff, University of California, San Francisco
Whether or not you’ve heard of the chemical bisphenol A, better known...
If plastic comes from oil and gas, which come originally from...
Yael Vodovotz, The Ohio State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
Plastic pollution is a global problem – here’s how to design...
Sarah J. Morath, Wake Forest University
Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans. According to...
Plastic trash in the ocean is a global problem, and the...
Matthew Savoca, Stanford University; Anna Robuck, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Lauren Kashiwabara, University of the Pacific
Using captured CO₂ in everyday products could help fight climate change,...
Lucca Henrion, University of Michigan; Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Lauren Lutzke, USC Dornsife College of Letters,...
What are phthalates, and how do they put children’s health at...
Stephanie Eick, University of California, San Francisco
You may not realize it, but you likely encounter phthalates every day....
EXPLORING NATURE
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water,...
Andres B. Sanchez Alvarado, Rice University
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers...
