Jeong Kim at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Senior Researcher Sung-Bae Park, Professor Dong-Yeop Oh at Inha University, and Professor Je-Young Park at Sogang University ...

Apparel and shoes made from synthetic polymers are inevitably going to shed microplastics as a result of mechanical wear and tear, so making them out of biodegradable materials, as Algenesis is ...

Can algae-based polymers replace plastic? Discover how renewable, biodegradable materials from algae are reshaping ...

MIT researchers have developed a class of biodegradable materials that could replace the plastic beads now used in beauty products. These polymers break down into harmless sugars and amino acids.

They manage to create these impressive materials at room temperature with biodegradable and environmentally friendly polymers ...

MIT researchers have developed a class of biodegradable materials that could replace the plastic beads now used in beauty products. These polymers break down into harmless sugars and amino acids.

Insiya Jafferjee founded Shellworks in 2019, a London start-up developing compostable, petroleum-free packaging.

Scientists have tapped into methane-consuming bacteria, Methylocystis suflitae, to produce biodegradable plastics ... greenhouse gas—into eco-friendly materials but also overcomes key industrial ...

With food the top type of landfill waste in the United States, a Southern Illinois University Carbondale researcher looks for ways to divert that waste into a process for making ...

And the final products are generally not biodegradable ... use as reaction materials. Used in a test tube, the system worked: Amino acids were linked together in a polymer. The question was ...