"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

Two faculty researchers from the Department of Plastics Engineering have won grants for projects that aim to reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills and the environment each year. Prof.

Edtor's note: This is the first article in a three-part series surveying the careers landscape within the plastics industry. The following articles, focusing on equipment operators and operations ...

Rochester Institute of Technology will host Plastics Night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on April 19 in the McGowan Commons in RIT’s College of Applied Science and Technology. This is the second year of ...

At roughly three times the size of France, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the planet’s most glaring scar from our dependency on plastic. “You hear about global warming and how plastics have a bad ...

Each year, more than 380 million tons of plastics are produced globally. Less than 10% of these plastics are reused or recycled, leading to significant accumulation and waste, not to mention the ...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have proposed a roadmap to solve the crises ...

Emily Gowdey-Backus, director of media relations, Emily_GowdeyBackus@uml.edu Nancy Cicco, assistant director of media relations, Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu An innovator in developing more sustainable and ...

Researchers have developed a new type of plastic that can self-destruct on command. These ...

Plastics are inherently dielectrics or electrical insulators, with electrons tightly bound within their covalent polymer chains, preventing the free flow of charge. This property makes them ...

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