Scientists have discovered that the larvae of the Kenyan lesser mealworm can consume polystyrene, aided by gut bacteria ...

In an article published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, a German research team has now introduced a new method for recycling polystyrene waste. Their efficient electrochemical ...

Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but ...

Plastic debris can break down into smaller particles due to different environmental factors, and become micro-nanoplastics ...

THE value of polystyrene and of certain other organic plastics as dielectrics for high-frequency apparatus is well known. The power factor for polystyrene at frequencies of 10 6 10 7 c./ ...

The invention comes from researchers at Australia's RMIT University and was developed in collaboration with Latvia's Riga ...

The innovative thin patch, made from multiple layers of polystyrene each around one-tenth the thickness of a human hair, ...

The new method repurposes waste polystyrene to harness static electricity. A thin patch made from layers of polystyrene, each ...

The key to this success is a powerful iron-based catalyst, an iron porphyrin complex that resembles hemoglobin. Its advantage ...

In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a research team from the Friedrich Wöhler Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry in Göttingen introduced a novel approach for recycling polystyrene waste. Their ...

Polystyrene, the foam within disposable takeout containers, and EPS are all the same material. Styrofoam, it turns out, is ...

Report indicates programs to recover polystyrene from secondary packaging have yielded results in North America.