The research is the first to project the environmental impact of biodegradable plastics through their entire lifecycle at a global scale ...

Old trees are learning new tricks with the advent of composite materials. A "green composite" made from biodegradable ...

After being used for military purposes during the Civil War, coal was first used to generate electricity for homes and factories in the 1880s. As a fossil fuel, coal played an important role in the ...

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has published a best-practices guide -- based on years of ISSF scientific research and fleet collaboration worldwide, including at skippers ...

In this article, we define biodegradability and its significance, its benefits and disadvantages, standards, challenges, and outlook on biodegradable nanomaterials ...

Biodegradable polymers are a type of polymer that exists both naturally and can be synthesized in laboratories. This special class of polymer is broken down naturally by microbial processes to produce ...

The push for sustainable packaging solutions has never been more urgent. As the environmental impact of packaging waste becomes clearer, businesses and consumers are seeking out innovative materials ...

In a recent study published in Advanced Materials, a team of researchers developed a novel small-diameter biodegradable vascular graft that aids the formation of elastin-containing structures in the ...

Plastic pollution is a major threat to human survival, with more than six hundred thousand tons of plastics on Earth. 2 In an effort to reduce the concentration of conventional plastics, scientists ...