Graduate student Annabelle Palmer shares insights into the team’s research on water-soluble polymers with UF Innovate and ...

An innovative product with the potential to replace polymers used in soil fertilizers is being developed in São Carlos in the ...

There are already polymers that are 100 % biodegradable and are not made from oil. A "100% biodegradable polymer" is one that is totally turned into carbon dioxide, humus, and water by soil ...

So far, recycling efforts haven't lived up to the hype, with only about 9% of plastic items getting recycled. An estimated 12 ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Biodegradable Polymers: Global Markets and Technologies Through 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for biodegradable ...

The field of polymer science has seen a transformative evolution with the development of self-healing biodegradable materials ...

Polymers are diverse materials, known for their outstanding flexibility and ease of processing. These characteristics have been suggested as a way to improve supercapacitor (SC) functionality, ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Led by Western Europe, increasing regulations and bans against plastic bags and other single-use plastic items such as drinking straws is driving growing demand for ...

Modern agriculture uses a lot of plastic, especially in the form of mulch film that farmers use to cover field soils. This keeps the soils moist for crops, suppresses weeds and promotes crop growth.

While the group is concerned about contamination from synthetic polymers broadly, it’s open to evaluating individual ...