Soft, stretchy plastics can make up grocery bags, bubble wrap and more. They’re impossible to avoid and harder still to properly dispose of.

In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons (2.7 metric tons) of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to ...

Plastic bags can’t go in household recycling bins – here’s what to do instead - In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons (2.7 ...

Firefighters continue to cool a chemical storage tank with water to prevent it from breaching or exploding. Some 40,000 ...

Proteins are critical to life—and to industry. There are countless proteins that could be engineered to treat and even cure ...

Researchers have developed a durable new catalyst that produces clean hydrogen without relying on expensive platinum metals.

An interdisciplinary student research team at the University of Waterloo has achieved an advance in materials science with the creation of a tissue-like hydrogel for artificial muscles to make soft ...

Chemists have been working on new approaches to reducing waste and finding new functions for existing materials.

Engineering is the design and construction of systems and structures for influencing the world around us and enhancing our experience within it. Engineers use the fundamental principles of mathematics ...

Stormwater infrastructure plays an important role in protecting water resources, but contaminants from highway runoff are not adequately removed by current structures, and improved management of the ...