As the adoption of electric vehicles continues to grow, so does the need for the safe and permanent storage of battery ...

A new research paper maps how laser additive manufacturing is bringing shape memory alloys closer to practical 4D printing.

Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

For decades, manufacturing plastic-bonded high explosives, or PBXs, has relied on legacy processes like slurry coating. In ...

Compostable plastics could be part of a solution to the world’s plastic waste problem. But currently these materials need industrial composting facilities to break down. In a step toward making a home ...

Americhem, a global leader in custom polymer solutions, today announced the launch of its Laser Marking Solutions platform, a ...

Plastic additives — the chemical substances that give polymers their color, flexibility, flame resistance, and stability — represent a major blind spot in recycling science, according to a study ...

The included gauges schematically show the degree of additives accumulation and the complexity of their interactions both among themselves and with the polymers. During some stages, additives have a ...

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BASF SE is raising prices on plastic-protecting chemicals, commonly used in the car and consumer goods industries, for a second time since the start of the Iran conflict in February. The German ...

With an aim to strengthen its leadership in plastic additive solutions, BASF has plans to expand its production capacities for both standard and Nor Hals products. With the advanced Nor Hals platform, ...

NEW YORK, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Exposure to a chemical commonly used to make plastic more flexible may have contributed to about 1.97 million preterm births in 2018 alone, or more than 8 ...