Shrimp plastics are made from a polymer called chitin found in shrimp shells and common in the natural world in everything from exoskeletons to butterfly wings. To paraphrase the famous line from the ...

The production of cement is a major source of carbon emissions, so the less of it that's used, the better. A new study could help, as it shows that cement can be made much stronger with the addition ...

A German entrepreneur is seeking large shrimp harvesters worldwide that will install an innovative chitin production process. They need not have any knowledge of the chitin market; his company will ...

Chitin derived from shrimps, mushrooms, and other organisms may lead to new 3D-printed, multi-layered polymer coatings to protect soldiers against bullets, lasers, toxic gases, microbes, and other ...

The shells from all those shrimp, crabs and lobsters that people eat typically go in the garbage, and from there into landfills. For Mari Signum, a company that just set up operations in Chesterfield ...

SANTA CRUZ >> On the whole, surfers are generally a pretty eco-conscious bunch. After all, it’s in their best interests for the ocean to be clean when they are literally immersed in it. Yet no matter ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — University of Alabama chemist Robin Rogers imagines a future where shrimp shells could become more than a smelly seafood byproduct. “I believe in what I would call a chitin ...

VANCLEAVE, MS (WLOX) - They may be messy, but shrimp shells in South Mississippi may help change the world. “This is a new economy,” said Richard Feldman, spokesperson for the new company Mari Signum ...

Researchers at the University of Sharjah have developed an innovative method to transform shrimp waste, which is typically discarded in large quantities by the seafood industry, into a valuable carbon ...