Other plastic sheets and plastic films are flame retardant, flexible, dampened, or approved by organizations such as Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Plastic sheet and plastic film that provides ...

Plastic tubing is tubing constructed from plastic compounds ... It can be manufactured to various levels of hardness including wire/braid reinforced and rigid pipe. PVC is available in a number of ...

Many people also choose impermeable plastic sheeting, which they lay down in the bed, cut holes in to add their plants, and ...

Bigger vessels need heavy-duty structures to last, but even materials like polyethylene can make an excellent case in the water. Rotomolded polyethylene boats are a top-notch example of that, using a ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...

Almost half of the airframe is constructed of carbon fiber–reinforced plastic and other composites, which make it lighter and more fuel efficient than aluminum airframes. The most heartening ...

The poly-A tail is a long chain of adenine nucleotides that is added to a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule during RNA processing to increase the stability of the molecule. Immediately after a gene in ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

In little more than a century, plastic has gone from being hailed as a scientific wonder to being reviled as an environmental scourge. It was in 1907 that the first modern plastic, bakelite ...

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...