An international team of researchers has discovered a new method to generate electricity using small plastic beads. By ...

A plastic craft material often used by children, melty beads are arranged on a grid in patterns, then ironed to melt and fuse the beads together in an image. "They are really fragile, like one ...

But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic beads into the crowd. Matt Bloom with Member station WWNO takes us on a ...

But some organizers are trying to change that by banning one of the most colorful Mardi Gras traditions, the tossing of plastic beads into the crowd. Matt Bloom with Member station WWNO takes us ...

Some Mardi Gras parades are banning one of their most colorful traditions - tossing out plastic beads. Organizers are trying to cut down on the millions of pounds of trash they make each year.