Car tires, replacement hip joints, bowling balls—these and other items are made from a class of plastics called thermosets, ...

Plastic waste is a growing environmental crisis, with thermosets among the most problematic materials. These durable plastics, used in car tires, replacement hip joints, and aerospace coatings, resist ...

In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) present a solution to the challenging problem of ...

A new smart fabric converts light into heat and can raise temperatures by more than 54 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius ...

Researchers have created a recyclable, bio-based alternative to thermoset plastics using dihydrofuran (DHF). Cornell ...

Researchers have developed a recyclable alternative to a durable class of plastics used for items like car tires, replacement hip joints and bowling balls.

Polyester is a synthetic fiber made of plastic. While an allergy to polyester is rare, fabrics made of polyester frequently contain chemicals or dyes, such as disperse blue, that are highly ...

New laws and evolving technologies for breaking down polyurethanes aim to create a more circular economy for mattresses ...

Unlocking Plastic Recycling Since their widespread adoption by the manufacturing industry in the 1960s, plastics have become an omnipresent material in our daily lives. They are also the cause of very ...