Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

Supramolecular materials that fully degrade when soaked in saltwater have the potential to help address the microplastics ...

To prove that the bag is totally natural he dissolved part of it in a lukewarm glass of water and then drank it. The manufacturer of the bags is currently accepting big orders from restaurants and ...

Explain to students that they will dissolve salt and then develop a model to describe what is happening on the molecular level. Place 1 teaspoon of salt into a clear plastic cup. Add about 20 ...

Have students dump out the water and the M&M into a plastic waste container and use a paper towel to clean and dry the plate. 4. Discuss how to design a test to see if an M&M coating dissolves as well ...

Some materials seem to disappear when added to water. We say they have dissolved. They are still there, but the particles are so small you can no longer see them. There are some materials that do ...

One of their more successful products is the Titan Extruder, a compact extruder for 3D printers that is mostly injection-molded plastic. The front piece of the Titan is a block of molded ...

If you eagerly embraced pods only to find gunky plastic film stuck in your ... "Dishwasher pods are designed to dissolve ...

Artistic rendering of the new plastic. Cross linked salt bridges visible in the plastic outside the seawater give it its ...