Researchers at the University of Maine have managed to 3D print an organic building material with the strength of steel. ...

VistaTek creates manufacturing company for specialty line to manufacture plates, bowls and other items from plant-based plastics. At major league ballparks across the country, teams are ...

But while polystyrene can be foamed easily, non-toxic semi-crystalline polymers, such as polypropylene (PP) and polylactic acid (PLA), only ... a measure of how much a material can expand when ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to Marlborough, Mass.-based medical technology company Hologic Inc. over concerns it hasn't done enough to prevent harm from a plastic ...

Scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ammonia.

Some tea bags are also made from a new kind of material called biodegradable plastics, like polylactic acid. Tea bags made from paper will theoretically shed fewer (or no) microplastics when ...

The most commonly used materials are Polylactic Acid (PLA), Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), PP (Polypropylene), PET-G (Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol) and Nylon. In general PLA, PP and PET-G ...

Nylon, the durable and elastic material, is like other plastics made from chemicals found in fossil fuels. Biodegradable plastics based on ...