Plastic waste is at an all-time high, with reports of tiny plastic falling from the sky even being seen as recently as 2020. But as many try to find ways to deal with the growing trash that litter our ...

Discarded crab shells and tree fibers hardly seem like the future of plastic packaging, but J. Carson Meredith, a professor of engineering at Georgia Tech, believes a new material made from those two ...

We have heard it time and time again — the world is turning into one big rubbish bin and the oceans are choking on a material that has been made to last forever — plastics. But that may soon change, ...

Plastic wrap could be replaced by a new material made from natural fibers, the latest in many steps to help the environment. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed their new ...

Plastic is a wonderful material that has changed the way we live in uncountable ways. It’s versatile, cheap, extremely durable, and long-lasting. That durability does tend to become a problem when ...

July 23 (UPI) --Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new material made from crab shells and tree fibers. Researchers hope the material will serve as a more sustainable ...

MARYLAND, Md. - Scientists at the University of Maryland have discovered a new way to use crustacean shells for batteries. When we sit down for the time honored tradition in Maryland that is a crab ...

Cellulose and chitin are the world's first- and second-most common biopolymers, found in plants and crustacean shells (among other places) respectively. Georgia Tech scientists have now devised a ...