This interplay between plastics and metals could affect how each affects the environment — and suggests opportunities for controlling their risks.
Turning the clock ahead knocks our bodies and brains out of sync with the sun. That leads to many potential health issues.
Better understanding of ice could lead to new deicing materials or even, someday, weather control.
Tangled polymer chains help hydrogels hold their shape despite being full of water.
A new study finds they can leak benzene and other harmful chemicals into homes, sometimes at very high levels.
Animals and other life on Earth exhale carbon dioxide, which plants use for photosynthesis. But too much of this gas can perturb Earth’s climate.
Long, thin bacteria that conduct electricity may be able to help clean up oil spills and reduce emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
Physicists looked at how the quarks that make up protons move in response to electric fields. And they found more movement than expected.
The ‘perfect’ metal may belong to the fictitious Marvel world of Wakanda, but scientists hope to one day mimic some of its key traits.
