If the sustainable-chemistry world has a holy grail, it’s turning carbon dioxide from threat into feedstock. And two start-ups are reporting advances in their quest to make CO 2 a feedstock for fuel: ...

They’re tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don’t easily break down, which is bad for the environment. From the 1950s, when plastics were first produced in ...

The fragile-looking filaments of cooled lava known as Pele’s hair can form when pockets of bubble-rich lava pull apart rapidly, experiments suggest. Among all the ways that molten rock can solidify ...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are primarily thought of as environmental pollutants, and most research on them focuses on removing them from the environment. Rice researcher ...

To wood or not to wood, that's been the question! Ever since oil-based plastics burst onto the manufacturing scene, cost, ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

Chung’s group captured the transition period directly by improving the time resolution of a method called single-molecule ...

Oil prices surges to record high as war in Iran disrupts global supply due to escalating conflict. According to Associates Press, oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel before falling back on Monday, ...

The escalating conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States is beginning to send shockwaves through global energy ...

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