By giving polystyrene a second life as a tube of lip balm, they hope to both reduce plastic waste and supply crucial materials for other products. “We realized how plastic wastes are making a ...

Results from a new animal study suggest that microscopic plastic particles found in food and beverages may affect glucose ...

Although Styrofoam containers are popular for take-out, it may not be safe to microwave these containers because of styrene, a compound used to make polystyrene. Because styrene has been linked ...

“Polystyrene is definitely a poor diet,” Dr ... perhaps using microbes that could spin them into fresh bioplastics. “It would make the whole thing more interesting economically,” he ...

Engineers have modeled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material reusable. Engineers have modelled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could ...

“We’ve figured out how to make the insides of reformed polystyrene rub across each other in a controlled way, making all the charges pull in the same direction to produce electricity ...