The hazards associated with microplastic pollution are becoming increasingly recognized. However, one study suggests that researchers have misjudged the impacts of nanoplastics — the insidiously ...

As efforts to quantify the health effects of microplastics continue, Interesting Engineering highlighted first-of-its-kind research presented at a gastroenterology conference in Austria. Although ...

The amount of plastic trash that flows into the oceans every year is expected to nearly triple by 2040 to 29 million metric tons. That single, incomprehensibly large statistic is at the center of a ...

The recent progress of research on polymer reactions utilizing dynamic covalent exchanges of alkoxyamine units—adducts of styryl and stable nitroxide radicals—is reviewed. The alkoxyamine derivatives ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Natural biocomposites such as wood and plant cell walls exhibit prominent mechanical ...