ZHEJIANG, ZHEJIANG, CHINA, March 23, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Beyond Plastic: Why Xiade New Material is Now the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A research team from Japan’s RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science has developed a new plant-based plastic that fully dissolves ...

Plastics are one of the largest sources of pollution on Earth, lasting for years on land or in water. But a new type of brilliantly colored cellulose-based plastic detailed in ACS Nano could change ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers developed a strong, recyclable cellulose plastic that dissolves in seawater, offering a new way to stop microplastic ...

A new documentary streaming on Netflix from this week highlights the need for materials science innovation – such as Sparxell’s plant-based, biodegradable colour platform – to address plastics’ human ...

Toward the close of World War I big Eastman Kodak Co. got scared. Low and uncertain were its supplies of methanol (wood alcohol), indispensable solvent of the cellulose nitrate from which photographic ...

This bag of tomatoes is made from the new plant-based plastic that uses FDA-approved ingredients. Watch as the bag completely dissolves in artificial seawater after just a few hours, without leaving ...

A research team from Japan’s RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science has developed a new plant-based plastic that fully dissolves in seawater within hours. Made primarily from carboxymethyl cellulose ...