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 ...

STORY: Could this bit of plastic be the answer to our modern-day plague that's choking oceans and harming wildlife? Its Japanese developers say it's as strong as conventional petroleum-based plastics.

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 ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s ...

SAITAMA, Japan — In a world drowning in plastic waste, scientists have achieved what once seemed impossible: they’ve created a plastic that’s as strong as conventional materials but dissolves ...

This bag of tomatoes is made from the new plant-based plastic that uses FDA-approved ingredients. Watch as the bag completely dissolves in artificial seawater after just a few hours, without leaving ...

For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding measures against plastic pollution. In August, negotiations to reach an ...

That’s a wrap on harmful plastic? Microplastics — which slough off larger plastics — plague everything we touch, from our food to our cleaning tools, increasing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and ...

A new global life-cycle analysis finds that if not properly disposed of, biodegradable plastics could increase methane ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) have developed a durable plastic that won’t contribute to microplastic pollution in our oceans.