The shift toward synthetics started in the late 1800s, when chemists figured out how to modify natural polymers such as cellulose ... using a glue that combines a starch-based component made ...

Biosourced means made with less petrol, using non-fossil agricultural products such as sugarcane waste, corn, or wheat starch ... because these polymers don't degrade in natural conditions ...

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Bhagya Nallaperuma, a specialist in the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, has co-authored a review on natural polymer-based hydrogels published in Food Biomacromolecules titled ...

Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people's health when consumed or inhaled. To make these particles biodegradable, researchers ...

Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people’s health ...

This research, published in Science Advances, experimentally and theoretically found that polymers (commonly referred to as plastics) made with thermally conductive fillers containing defects ...

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