Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been ...

Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its structure and strength. In seawater (and in soil, not depicted), resalting ...

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, and detected plastics in 7 of the 10 individuals studied. By integrating ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science have developed a new type of plastic that is durable yet environmentally friendly. Unlike traditional plastics, this biodegradable material ...