A simplified explanation of how materials engineering applies to plastic recycling. Using real-world insight from a materials engineering degree, this video breaks down key concepts in an easy and ...

Living things degrade, die, and decompose. Even when we turn plant and animal material into furniture or clothes, the process ...

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a sunlight-powered process that uses old ...

Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both ...

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor that transforms hard-to-recycle plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel and valuable industrial chemicals. The system, developed by a team at the ...

University of Texas at Arlington engineering professor Sahadat Hossain explains how the unique mix of plastic and asphalt is made. He and a team of students are piloting the sustainable mix on a paved ...

Plastics are inherently dielectrics or electrical insulators, with electrons tightly bound within their covalent polymer chains, preventing the free flow of charge. This property makes them ...