Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or "forever chemicals," according to a new investigation.

We hear how a woman from rural southern Italy became the first female professor of chemical engineering in Scotland – and what she’s working on now STEM study and research are responsible for much of ...

Polymer-based adhesives are essential for bonding lightweight materials used in transportation; however, how individual polymer chains behave at solid interfaces has remained unclear. In a recent ...

Instead of treating plastic purely as waste, new research shows that it can be transformed into something useful — acetic acid, a key component of vinegar and an important industrial chemical.

A catalyst design developed in the lab of Professor Ted Sargent increases efficiency, turning captured CO₂ into high-purity ethylene for plastics and packaging.

VanDeMark Chemical is closing a phosgene derivatives plant in Lockport, New York, by May 25, according to a March 4 notice, which says 69 workers will be out of a job. VanDeMark and the Hungarian ...

When molecules fall apart, their electric charge doesn't stay put—it rearranges as bonds stretch and break. An international team of scientists has now tracked these ultrafast changes in the small ...

Yield loss is increasingly driven by molecular variability in thin films, interfaces, and contamination rather than visible defects. Reliability issues often appear first as parametric drift or margin ...

An interdisciplinary team of engineers and surgeons at Penn State have created a new class of biomaterial that can better ...

The large language model automates literature search, synthesis, and structural analysis to speed up materials discovery and ...

Born in Brooklyn in 1942, Freed’s scientific trajectory began early; he and his brother Jack, who himself would go on to ...

As a China Top 10 Modified Engineering Plastics Manufacturer, Shanghai KUMHO-SUNNY Plastics Co., Ltd. (KUMHO-SUNNY) has become a pivotal force in this material revolution, bridging the gap between raw ...