Since evaporating water takes energy and cools the surface – which is also how your body cools down on a hot day as you sweat ...

About 100 million metric tons of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), one of the world's most commonly used plastics, are ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed an innovative PET plastic recycling method that is safer, more ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have discovered a simple, eco-friendly way to break down plastic using just air ...

Harnessing a principle known as triboelectrification, researchers have worked out the optimal way to generate an electrical ...

Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are ...

An international collaboration headed by researchers in the Department of Physics has shown that additive manufacturing ...

Recent research by Daniel Dichter, a senior mechanical engineer at Quaise, is providing fresh insights into designing superhot geothermal plants.

Dating to the Middle Ages and popularized in the 16th century, the chain of beads that comprises a rosary is one of ... olive tree wood from the Holy Land or cheap, even gaudy plastic. Repetitive ...

Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades and partying, leaving ...

and you can melt the cube in your hand to get any bead shape you want. If you have a hose bib that has become hard to reach ...

Video / NZ Herald, AFP An oven mix-up saw students at a rural South Island school consume melted plastic due to overheated lunches in an incident described as “unforgivable” by their principal.